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NIGER: Under water again
Niamey :: Niger | 4 months ago
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Under water again More than a million Nigerians were displaced by floods in 2012. Around 800 Nigerien families have been relocated from areas along the River Niger as water levels during annual flooding are expected to rise above normal and last
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NIGER: Farmers must prepare for more flooding
Niamey :: Niger | 7 months ago
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water lilies fill his still-flooded field. In one corner of it naked children are having fun trying to catch the fish that now swim in it...An inter-ministerial committee set up to assess and help manage flood damage estimates 700 fields in the
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Nigeria: River Niger Dredging to Extend to Jebba, Says Saraki
Jebba :: Nigeria | 7 months ago
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Chairman, Senate committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, has hinted that the dredging of River Niger will be extended to Jebba in Kwara State in order to check the perennial flood in Patigi and Edu Local Government Areas of the
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In Niger, flooding adds to humanitarian woes
Niamey :: Niger | 8 months ago
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A displaced family carries their belongings as they walk after flooding hit communities surrounding the River Niger and Benue confluence in Lokoja, Kogi state, central Nigeria Sept. 24, 2012. Already beset with a severe hunger crisis , the West
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Niger: Massive Floods Mean More Misery for Country's Poor
Niamey :: Niger | 9 months ago
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Torrential rains have swept away crops, tools and homes in Niger, a landlocked country that was already in the throes of a major food shortage. The Meteorological Centre at the Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey reports 161 mm of rain fell
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Niger floods leave dozens dead
Niamey :: Niger | 9 months ago
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Niger floods cause widespread devastation The River Niger burst its banks last week, flooding parts of the country Heavy flooding in Niger over the past few weeks has killed up to 65 people and left 125,000 homeless. After appeals from the country's
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Nigeria: River Niger Dredging Beneficial, Successful - Yar'Adua
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 year ago
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Alhaji Ahmed Yar'Adua has said that the Lot 5 dredging site of the River Niger is successful and done according to specification. Yar'Adua made this known during the visit of the members of the House Committee on Marine Transport in the area to
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NIGER: What price human dignity
Niamey :: Niger | 1 year ago
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Small farmers in Oullam District in Niger's western region of Tillaberi, faced with their third drought in seven years, are being forced to consider bundling up their few possessions and leaving for good the villages they have lived in all their
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Why do we know Timbuktu?
Cairo :: Egypt | 1 year ago
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Rebels in Mali have taken the historic city of Timbuktu, a place that has become shorthand in English for anywhere far away...The news that the city of Timbuktu has been seized by ethnic Tuaregs has had some tweeters scratching their heads, unaware
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Nigeria: Budget 2011 - Why We Stopped Jonathan - Tambuwal
Lagos :: Nigeria | over 1 year ago
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Why We Stopped Jonathan - Tambuwal Daniel Idonor 20 October 2011 Abuja THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwwal, yesterday revealed why the House of Representatives rejected President Jonathan's request to alter the
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