NIGER WATCH

Quote of the Day "Africa is not poor, it is poorly managed." - President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, 2009. The following rep...

Nigeria have pulled out of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) Under-17 competition, organisers have announ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 14, 2009/African Press Organization (APO) UN Expert warns of mass forced evictions in Nigeria United Nations ind...

From Pana via Afrique en ligne , Wednesday, 12 August 2009: Fixtures of Cecafa youth football tournament in Sudan (Kenya) - Below are the f...

A new Mobile Money Transfer Directory at http://creditsms.org launches in 2 wks focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (by @CreditSMS) Source: White ...

Niger's lawyers have called a strike, as President Mamadou Tandja begins his campaign to hold a referendum for a third termin office. Th...

July 12, 2009 BRUSSELS (AFP): EU blocks aid to Niger in protest at president's bid to keep power The European Commission has blocked an ...

Niger's President, Mamadou Tandja, dissolves the uranium-rich country's parliament a day after his bid for a third term in office is...

On Friday, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon is due to fly on to neighbouring Nigeria, where he will stay until Saturday. He plans to vi...

From Canwest News Service by Steven Edwards 28 April, 2009 (via Calgary Herald): Mujahedeen fighters released in exchange for diplomats: So...

The Tuaregs, a historically nomadic people living in the Sahara and Sahel regions of North Africa, have had militant groups in Mali and Nige...

From Gulf Daily News , Monday, April 06, 2009 Bouteflika warned by Al Qaeda ALGIERS: Al Qaeda has warned Algerians against re-electing ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has continued his two-day African tour by visiting the neighbouring Republic of Congo, previously a French ...

From en.afrik.com 25 March 2009: Nigerian Population Census: Men outnumber women by millions According to a new government gazette on the Ni...

Al-Qaeda's North Africa network claims responsibility for abduction of two Canadian diplomats. From Middle East Online 18 February 2009...

Photo: Missing UN envoy Robert Fowler (Reuters) Source: report by Steven Edwards, Canwest News Service published Saturday, January 31, 20...

UPDATE WED 17 DECEMBER 2008 - Here below is a copy of two interesting comments received in response to the Telegraph's article below, p...

A US-based Nigerian news blogger is being held without charge by Nigeria's secret service. Jonathan Elendu was taken into custody on Sa...

Here in England on Wednesday, 15 October 2008, two engineers from British Telecom IT Support were here for a specially ordered appointment t...

This is my contribution to World Food Day today, October 16. Top tips: Don't waste an inch of food or water. Cook fresh home made mea...