Africa Niger The International Fund for Agricultural Development has urged farmers and investors in Niger to support its Value Chain Development Programme that will end in 2024
Africa Niger Together with Algeria and Nigeria, the country has resumed talks on the relaunch of a 10-year project to channel gas across the Sahara, a potential opportunity for Europe to diversify its sources
Africa Niger Of the $19 billion mobilised for the implementation of the Great Green Wall, $1,3 billion will be allocated to Niger; the aim of the project is to stop the advance of the desert by creating a belt of trees, but also to promote local development
Africa Niger Some 40 Boko Haram jihadists were reportedly killed this week by the Nigerian army on an island in Lake Chad, on the border between Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad
Africa Niger Niger President Bazoum received Scholz in Niamey and hailed his country's military cooperation with Germany as a model for other partnerships
Africa Niger More than 30% of public contracts awarded in 2021 in Niger are not in compliance with procedures, according to a report by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority
Africa Niger The government has given the green light to administer the British malaria vaccine to children under the age of five to combat the disease, which killed more than 4.000 people in 2021 only
Africa Niger Parliament has overwhelmingly voted in favour of authorising the deployment of foreign forces on their territory to fight jihadists
Africa Niger The WB has approved funding of about $250 million from the International Development Association to strengthen the resilience of cities to climate shocks and to ensure better urban management in the country
Africa Niger Niamey will host an AU Summit on Industrialisation and Economic Diversification of Africa from 20 to 25 November 2022
Africa Niger After the cases of infection and deaths from meningitis reported in the Zinder region, doctors evaluate the risk of spread as high and have recommended strict compliance with hygiene rules and vaccination
Africa Niger Nigerien director Aicha Macky's film Zinder has won the best feature film award at the Festival Femmes Afrique in Dakar, Senegal, a film festival dedicated to women; the festival ends a tour of eight regions of the country today
Africa Niger The activities of the National Coordination Centre for the Early Warning and Response Mechanism for Security Risks and the inauguration of the permanent ECOWAS representation in Niamey were launched in the conference room of the Bravia Hotel