Niger 

The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Niger increased from 1,9 million in 2017 to 4,3 million this year

The government adopted the plan to establish a National Council of Women of Niger, a body for the 'consultative promotion and protection of women's rights'

Niger and the Netherlands have decided to strengthen cooperation in the field of migration, covering human trafficking, border security, migrant protection and the voluntary repatriation of migrants from Niger

To help improve the wellbeing and mental health of the population, the 'development of the National Mental Health Programme' has been launched in the country

In six years health authorities managed to halve the number of women who died of haemorrhage during childbirth by adopting a series of simple procedures and administering an inexpensive drug, according to a study published in medical journal The Lancet

Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou visited the headquarters of the Policy Analysis and Evaluation Unit to provide it with working material

"The fate of Niger is in the hands of foreigners [...] what they want has become law in Niger," said Professor Issoufou Yahaya, lecturer at Abdou Moumouni University in Niamey

A bill establishing the basic principles of disaster risk management has been adopted, thus providing a legal framework for the organisation of civil protection

President Bazoum gave a long speech on Thursday evening at the Luiss University in Rome, on the occasion of the meeting entitled "Italy, Niger, Europe, Africa. Two continents, one destiny" for the cooperation among the two countries

An expedition on the trail of dinosaurs led by US paleontologist Paul Sereno, already famed as extraordinary, is coming to an end in northern Niger after nearly a month of research

Prime Minister Mahamadou attended the start of construction work on a new uranium mine in Agadez in recent days