The creation of a state school dedicated to the mining sector was approved by the Council of Ministers in recent days, establishing an administrative public body called 'Ecole des Mines de l'Aïr'

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