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Areva wins Niger uranium licence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7813242.stm

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

The French nuclear energy group Areva has been awarded a licence to build and operate the Imouraren mine in Niger. Areva says it expects it to become...

Niger: 2 Canadian Diplomats Missing

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/world/africa/16briefs-2CANADIANDIP_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=africa

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Two Canadian diplomats working for the United Nations in Niger have been missing since Sunday night, United Nations officials said Monday. A car that...

Niger ALERT: Two Journalists in prison for defamation

Monday, November 17, 2008

Moussa Aksar, managing editor and Sani Aboubacar, reporter of L’Evénement, an independent weekly newspaper were on November 12, 2008 detained at...

NIGER UPDATE : Journalist refused bail

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Zakari Alzouma, editor of Opinions, a Niamey-based independent weekly newspaper who was charged with defamation by the Minister of Public security,...

Niger ALERT: Newspaper editor in detention for defamation

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Zakari Alzouma, editor of Opinions, a Niamey-based independent weekly newspaper, is being held by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the...

French section of MSF forced to leave Niger

Thursday, October 30, 2008

MSF calls on the Niger Government, UNICEF and the World Food Program (WFP) to take action in Maradi and ensure that malnourished children receive...

SAHEL: Voices from clandestinity

Sunday, October 26, 2008

The International Organization for Migration estimates that up to 35,000 sub-Saharan clandestine migrants leave for North Africa and Europe every...

MSF calls upon the President of Niger to lift the ban on its activities immediately

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Three months after Nigerien authorities suspended the activities of the French section of MSF, the organization is calling for an immediate...

NIGER: Freddy Kasseri, “Migrants are dying out here”

Monday, October 13, 2008

Freddy Kasseri, 23, travelled from Ghana to Niger intending to cross the desert into Libya. He did not make it. Libyan security forces return...

WEST AFRICA: Migrants risk all to cross desert

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Sub-Saharan migrants continue attempting dangerous and illegal crossings into Libya and Algeria. They pick their way through Niger’s Air mountains,...

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