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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...

NIGER: Army seizes outlawed anti-personnel mines

Saturday, August 30, 2008

The Niger army says it has seized a stockpile of more than 1,000 anti-personnel landmines it found abandoned on the Niger-Chad border. If confirmed...

150,000 children in Niger benefit from Dubai Cares and UNICEF Education Project

Friday, July 25, 2008

Programme will focus on reducing gender disparity DUBAI, 16 July 2008 – Dubai Cares, a charitable organization that aims to provide primary education...

NIGER: No meningitis epidemics yet this year

IRIN

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Niger has registered 157 cases of meningitis that have resulted in 11 deaths this year, but there is no epidemic of the bacterial infection anywhere...

NIGER: Is Plumpy-nut ready to grow up?

IRIN

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

A hugely beneficial nutritious snack called Plumpy’nut should be commercially available and marketed much more aggressively if it is to have a...

NIGER: Mine explosion in Niamey

IRIN

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

A landmine that exploded under a car in the Nigerien capital Niamey on 8 January killed one civilian and wounded another, agencies report. ...

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