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Sanitation: Making toilets the norm in rural Niger
The head of the health centre in Yaouri, eastern Niger, says the clinic is seeing fewer cases of diarrhoea
ZINDER, 23 February 2011 (IRIN) – Candid talk about human excrement is making people in rural Niger, where only 2 percent of the population has access to adequate sanitation, insist on building and using toilets: A project there is showing...
Video: Niger – A Love Apart
In a few days, charismatic teenager Rhaissa, a nomadic Tuareg from Niger, will marry a man she’s never met. After the wedding, everything will change. This warm, intimate documentary follows Rhaissa as she enjoys her last few days of girlhood and navigates the long marriage ceremony. By engraining herself in the Tuareg community, filmmaker Bettina...
Niger’s Tandja in prison on graft charges: sources
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger ex-President Mamadou Tandja was moved to prison from house arrest on Sunday, after the ruling military junta charged him with graft during his rule, according judicial sources.
At least $128 million were stolen from the West African state’s coffers during Tandja’s 10 years in office, according to the results...
In Pictures: Touareg women of West Africa
The Tuareg (also Twareg or Touareg, Berber: Imuhagh, besides regional ethnyms) are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. The Tuareg today are found mostly in North Africa and West Africa.
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2 French Hostages Are Found Dead in Niger-Mali border
PARIS (NYT) — Two Frenchmen kidnapped in Niger were found dead on Saturday after a rescue attempt on the border with Mali that involved the militaries of both Niger and France, the French government said.
The hostages were kidnapped late Friday night from a bar in Niamey, the Niger capital, reportedly by four armed men wearing turbans who tried to...
Niger Postpones Elections
Niger’s electoral commission has postponed local and regional elections scheduled for Saturday by three days, citing logistical problems.
Niger’s electoral commission says the country will now hold its municipal and regional elections on Tuesday, instead of Saturday as planned.
Electoral commission president, Abdouramane Goushmane says...
Niger signals higher taxes on telecoms operators
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger will impose new taxes on telecoms companies this year to help fund anticipated record state spending, the ruling military junta said.
The uranium producer plans to spend more than 1 trillion CFA francs on infrastructure and anti-poverty projects, as well as funding a 10 percent hike in public sector pay.
Junta spokesman...
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