Niamey — Ten years after the Niger government and insurgents signed an accord to
end a Tuareg rebellion, authorities have launched an economic assistance
programme for more than 3,000 ex-combatants in the north - the final phase
as laid out in the peace pact.
Under the project, 3,160 former combatants will be granted around US
$300 each in the form of micro-loans for projects in animal husbandry, the
craft industry and vegetable gardening, Michele Falavigna, Niger UN
Development Programme (UNDP) representative, said.
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