Niger: Tuareg Ex-Combatants to Get Promised Assistance a Decade After Peace Accord

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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