Africa Niger A bill establishing the basic principles of disaster risk management has been adopted, thus providing a legal framework for the organisation of civil protection
Africa Niger 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
Africa Niger 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
Africa Niger Prime Minister Mahamadou attended the start of construction work on a new uranium mine in Agadez in recent days
Africa Niger The construction of 2331 classrooms over the next 3 months, throughout the national territory, in sustainable materials and fully equipped, has been officially launched by the Minister of National Education
Africa Niger The former president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, has criticised the international community for neglecting the Sahel insurgency, declaring that a double standard is in place in comparison to the war in Ukraine
Africa Niger Students of the André Salifou University of Zinder organised a protest march to demand the payment of ten months of scholarship arrears, the settlement of one year of social welfare arrears 2021 and the resumption of work
Africa Niger The country decided to suspend the transit of oil products destined for neighbouring Mali for security reasons in the face of the threat from jihadist groups
Africa Niger Heavy rains in Niger since June and the resulting severe flooding have left 159 people dead and over 225.000 injured; this makes this rainy season one of the deadliest in the history of the country used to dry climate
Africa Niger Fewer than 1.000 deaths from malaria were recorded in the first nine months of 2022, compared to more than 5.000 occurrences in the same period, stated the Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs
Africa Niger The President of the Republic will travel to Kigali, Rwanda, until 8 September to participate in the 12th Summit of the Alliance for Green Agriculture in Africa
Africa Niger The second ten days of August 2022 were very rainy and rainfall coverage was registered in most of the monitored stations, according to the statistics department of the Ministry of Agriculture
Africa Niger The Commander of the Italian Support Mission in Niger presided over the handover of computer equipment to the Director of the "ISSA BERI" vocational high school in Niamey