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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Spain has released 3 million euros (4.5 million U.S. dollars) to support a joint program for "childhood, nutrition and food security" in Niger, the government announced. The financial aid, which was signed on Wednesday in the Niger capital Niamey, is one of the programs being supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). "These funds are expected to give better results...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
High school students in the Niger capital, Niamey, learned to put HIV/AIDS and reproductive health in a broader context during a recent essay contest.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Libya has begun repatriating hundreds of Nigerien Tuareg rebel fighters, state television in Niger reported on Wednesday, the latest sign of progress in pacifying Niger's north after two years of revolt.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
NIAMEY (Reuters) - West Africa's regional bloc suspended Niger on Tuesday in protest against what it said were flawed parliamentary elections being held there.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Nairobi/Niamey - Niger went to the polls to elect a new parliament on Tuesday despite a boycott by opposition parties and international calls for the poll to be postponed. Opposition parties are furious with President Mamadou Tandja, who earlier this...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
NIAMEY, Niger -- An election official says parliamentary elections are going ahead in Niger despite an opposition boycott.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Nairobi/Niamey - Voting began Tuesday in Niger's parliamentary elections, which are taking place despite a boycott by opposition parties and international calls for the poll to be postponed. Opposition parties are furious with President Mamadou Tandj...
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CICR (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Niamey (ICRC) – Since 6 September the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross Society of Niger have been helping families affected by the flooding and destruction that occurred on 1 September when the seasonal river that crosses the city of Agadez burst its banks.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a prison sentence given on Tuesday to the editor of a private newspaper in Niger. Abdoulaye Tiémogo, editor of the weekly Le Canard Déchaîné, has been in police custody in the capital, Niamey, since August 1.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Nairobi/Niamey - Niger's President Mamadou Tandja has won a controversial referendum that could allow him to remain in power indefinitely by changing the constitution, provisional results showed Friday. The president, who in June assumed the power to...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's President Mamadou Tandja looks set to secure another three years in power after this week's controversial referendum on changing the constitution, partial returns indicated on Wednesday.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger, a major uranium producer, voted on Tuesday on extending President Mamadou Tandja's term by three years in a referendum criticized by the opposition and the international community as undemocratic and bad for stability.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Nairobi/Niamey - Voters in Niger go to the polls on Tuesday in a controversial referendum that could allow President Mamadou Tandja to remain in power indefinitely. Tandja, 71, has faced international criticism for dissolving the constitutional court...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
NIAMEY, Niger -- The president of uranium-rich Niger is pushing forward with a highly controversial referendum Tuesday on a new constitution that would remove term-limits and grant him an unprecendented three-year transitional term with boosted power.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
NIAMEY, Niger -- His opponents are calling it a "slow-motion coup."
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