Tag: Niger
As disgusting as it sounds, they use human urine! Smells bad but yield increased by 30 percent
Located in West Africa, Niger is experiencing intense drought due to climate change. This causes crops to die and people to starve. The problem is so extreme that in 2014,…
The President of Niger visits Côte d’Ivoire, ahead of the ECOWAS summit in Accra
Mohamed Bazoum arrived this Thursday, June 23 for a 48-hour state visit to Côte d’Ivoire. A visit which comes as ECOWAS is holding a summit in Accra on July 3…
the appointment of Mahamadou Issoufou as mediator welcomed
In Burkina Faso, the political class and civil society are speaking out after the appointment of the former Nigerien president as mediator. The various actors hope that with his intervention,…
Niger suspends diesel exports to meet domestic consumption
This decision by Niamey was taken to protect its local consumption and fight against fraud. Indeed, for several days, smuggling has been organized in the direction of neighboring countries in…
Areva indicted for “unintentional injuries”
Areva was indicted on Monday May 30, 2022 for “unintentional injuries” in the Arlit hostage case. Information revealed this Thursday by AFP and Le Parisien-Today in France. Five French, a…
the number of migrants deported from Libya and Algeria to Niger up sharply according to MSF
Doctors Without Borders denounces the inhuman treatment inflicted on migrants expelled from Algeria and Libya. According to Jamal Mrrouch, MSF’s head of mission in Niger, some 70% of migrants picked…
the security situation is worsening in Tillabéri, Ocha alert
The security situation is worsening in Tillabéri, this region in the south-west of Niger, on the border with Mali and Burkina Faso, according to the latest report from Ocha, the…
These surprising etymologies of the French language with Françoise Nore!
That the Latin verb finder gave rise to words like slit, fissure or… buttock? That “pastis” comes from the Greek? What are the origins, evolutions, disappearances and reappearances of these…
After a 24-hour visit to Senegal, Chancellor Olaf Scholz expected in Niger
The war between Russia and Ukraine, economic, energy and security issues in Africa. These were, among other things, the subjects addressed by the German Chancellor on a visit to Senegal.…
Violence on the sidelines of the passage of a convoy from Barkhane to Niger: the victims will soon be compensated
In November 2021, the passage of a convoy from Barkhane to Niger led to violence and the death of three young people. The investigation opened following these deaths did not…