Government has finalised plans to reintroduce the animal taxation system; the taxation, if reintroduced, should help in having complete data on animals and herdsmen in the different communities, checking activities of alleged theft or banditry

A new biometric passport will be introduced in Niger, with Mali and Burkina Faso, as part of their formal withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States

The two-year distribution of azithromycin reduced infant mortality in Niger, as recent study shows

A capacity-building workshop on the theme 'Combating traditions and myths that encourage early and forced marriages' was organized in Niamey by Alliance des Religieux pour le Développement Socio-éducatif Économique et Sanitaire and NGO Girls First Fund

Local authorities will systematically repatriate all beggars to their villages of origin, a move decided by General Assoumane Abdou Harouna, according to whom this decision aims to eliminate begging, seen as a growing problem