NIGER WATCH

The army has taken over responsibility for security in the central city of Jos, Nigeria's Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has said. At ...

Copy of message today on Twitter from Ushahidi's Erik Hersman: Pass this on. Missing persons registry for #haiti is http://www.haitianq...

$215 Million Central Africa Backbone Program (CAB Program) Will Bring Low Cost, High Speed Internet to the Region. Program is expected to b...

Armed men in the Niger delta of Nigeria say they have attacked an oil pipeline overnight, putting a two-month truce with the government in d...

From BBC News online, November 23, 2009: European Union gives Nigeria $1bn 'for peace' The European Commission has signed a $1bn (£6...

Joe Trippi , one of America's greatest bloggers, has launched Eleven Eleven Campaign . The objective of the Eleven Eleven Campaign is s...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countrie...

From The Office of Tony Blair November 05, 2009 Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative to create development through good governance become...

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 ...