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August 17
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Niger: Cash Grants Replace Food Aid for Niger Families in Need
When her name is called, Rékia Djibo leaves the group of women gathered in front of the school in Toula, and takes a confident step towards the door. Djibo is one of the... Read more »
April 25
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Mali: Refugees Face Food Crisis in Niger
It was the middle of the day when Tabisou, 72, suddenly saw people from her town of Amderamboukane in Mali fleeing for their lives. Her family had no time to pack their things; the... Read more »
April 10
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Niger: Onion Farmers Bitter Over Market Glut
Bitterness is written all over Boureïma Hamado's face as he prepares to return home after selling his onion crop at the Katako market in the Nigerien capital, Niamey. He's... Read more »
February 21
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Mali: Niger - Strained Welcome for 15,000 Refugees
The little village of Chinagoder, on the Niger-Mali border, has become a refugee camp, flooded with Malian families fleeing fighting between their regular army and Tuareg rebels... Read more »
February 15
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West Africa: 'A Catastrophic Year' As Hunger Crisis Looms Over Sahel
Seven out of the eight governments in the Sahel - the arid zone between the Sahara desert in North Africa and Sudan's Savannas in the south - have taken the unprecedented step of... Read more »
February 6
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Niger: Three Million Children Threatened By Hunger
Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have driven male family members to leave in... Read more »
February 3
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West Africa: Water Shortage Threatens Wildlife
The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans... Read more »
May 11, 2011
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Niger: Caring for the River, Reaping the Benefits
In anticipation of growing sorghum during the coming rainy season, Hamadou Abdou and his son are busy preparing the soil on the family's farm in Bougoum, a village in the west of... Read more »
December 26, 2010
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Africa: U.S. Diplomats Reported on Weak Uranium Security
Wikileaks cables have revealed a disturbing development in the African uranium mining industry: abysmal safety and security standards in the mines, nuclear research centres, and... Read more »
December 10, 2010
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Niger: Niger Herders Count Losses, Plan for the Future
Bacharou Gorel had 300 head of cattle before the food security crisis began in Niger. Today he has only 53 left. Read more »
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