NIGER WATCH

Nigeria's main militant group has declared a ceasefire, following a week of attacks on oil installations in the country's oil-rich N...

Armed group claims third attack in 48 hours on oil installations. The claim came days after the group, the Movement for the Emancipation of ...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have supported plans to build a 45 billion Euro ($64 billion) ...

Earlier this month, the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and the UN began a military operation to try to contain the activities of Ug...

Courtesy Google September 2008 - - - hat tip www.sas.upenn.edu/ - - - Courtesy Google September 2008

Report from the EU Observer September 9, 2008: The EU is to help African countries expand their electricity networks and promote energy inte...

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) say they are fighting to bring more money to the Niger Delta. Source: BBC repor...

From The Independent Friday, 11 July 2008 By Daniel Howden, Kim Sengupta, Colin Brown and Claire Soares Brown blunders in pledge to secure N...

May 27, 2008 Reuters report (via ReliefWeb) entitled 'Libya sends aid to drought-hit Niger': TRIPOLI, May 27 (Reuters) - Libya on Tu...

Feb 19, 2008, 17:16 GMT Reuters.com report - by Abdoulaye Massalatchi - entitled 'Niger rebels say French military helping government: ...

Jan 31, 2008 11:39am EST Reuters report by Abdoulaye Massalatchi: NIAMEY, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A leader of Niger's Tuareg rebels promised ...

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Via POTP - dated July 10, 2007: Five largely related stories from today that update, most recently, yesterday's (updated originally to ...

Great idea. Would love to see it extended to Sudan, DRC and N Uganda. Project Play was conceived by Mike Mitchell, based on his experienc...

It is simply unacceptable to allow over 850 million people go to bed hungry in a world that produces more than enough food for all. Eco-far...

Arica's water systems need annual investments of about $20bn over the next two decades, a United Nations report has concluded. The Afric...

More than 1.5m children under five die each year because they lack access to safe water and proper sanitation, says the United Nations child...

NIAMEY, Aug 11 ( Reuters ) - hat tip Coalition for Darfur : One soldier was killed and another abducted in northern Niger when armed men at...

Reuters report by Andrew Cawthorne via Mail & Guardian 24 July 2006: Food emergencies in Africa are occurring three times more often no...

From May 23, 2006 blog entry by Pablo Halkyard at PSD blog - The World Bank Group: Pictures from the unveiling of the first working protot...