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• Experts fear Africa "pandemic" from rise in smoking

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: Reuters * Smoking rates seen doubling in half of Africa * Experts say anti-smoking policies could prevent "pandemic" * Smoking expected to kill 6 million worldwide in 2010 By Kate Kelland ...
  11 hours ago

• Remote African nation saves rare giraffes from extinction

  
  Gadling — Authority: 686
  Filed under: Activism , Africa , Niger , News Niger doesnt get in the news much. This landlocked Saharan nation doesnt have much in the way of national resources, is listed by the UN as one of the worlds least developed countries, and yet it has a serious attitude towards conservation. Niger is home to a ...
  21 hours ago

• There is Always a Solution

  
  Africa Can... - End Poverty — Authority: 108
  In the face of numerous constraints, there is always a solution? Photo taken by Mahamadou Djibou, in Niamey, Niger.
  21 hours ago

• 11 African Countries Sign CAADP Compacts

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  In spite of the involvement of African countries in the establishment of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) to promote agriculture and reduce poverty, only 11 countries have signed the CAADP Compacts. The countries mostly members of the Economic Community of West African States ...
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• Why is the cost of gas soaring?

  
  Thy Glory O Nigeria..! — Authority: 114
  Adeola Aderounmu Slowly and steadily the price of gas has increased and surprisingly it is no longer part of the BIG news. I really don’t know why the price of gas has increased to a record high in Sweden. Gas is now sold for over 12 swedish crowns (12:37) the last time I checked. Few years ago there was a lot of ...
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• Perm sec kidnapped in Niger State – Daily Trust

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  Permanent Secretary in the Niger State Ministry of Youth Affairs Alhaji Adamu Umar was kidnapped by unknown persons along the Suleja/ Diko expressway yesterday. The perm sec’s kidnap came only weeks after the release of Secretary to the Kaduna State Government Mr. Waje Yayok, who was kidnapped in Kaduna and ...
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• Ex-militants protest in Warri – Demand jobs – Tribune

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  Operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Warri, was, on Monday, disrupted for many hours by ex-militants, who were demanding for employment and other human development programmes.Hundreds of the placard-carrying former militants, under the auspices of the Niger Delta Welfare Committee (NDWC), stormed the office of the ...
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• Nigeria: Amnesty not enough to solve the Niger Delta Crisis

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  We, the Ogoni Students in diaspora under the auspices of the National Union of Ogoni Students, USA, today 11/10/2009 commemorate with the rest of the world the judicial murder of 9 Ogoni leaders (Ken Saro Wiwa, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, John Kpuinen, Saturday Doobee, Nordu Eawo, Paul Levura, Felix Nuateh, Baribo Beera, and ...
  1 day ago

• Acid Groups, Farmers Collaborate to Re-Green Sahel

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  Disastrous droughts crippled Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali in the early 1970s and more severely in the early 1980s. More than 100,000 people died. “The soil dried up. Everything dried up. All the trees died,”; said Yacouba Savadogo, a sorghum and millet farmer from the village of Gourma in Burkina Faso, at an ...
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• Aid Groups, Farmers Collaborate to Re-Green Sahel

  
  Planetwize — Authority: 110
  Disastrous droughts crippled Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali in the early 1970s and more severely in the early 1980s. More than 100,000 people died. “The soil dried up. Everything dried up. All the trees died,” said Yacouba Savadogo, a sorghum and millet farmer from the village of Gourma in Burkina Faso, at an ...
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• Group Petitions United Nations on Abuse of Women in Niger Delta Region

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Journalists for Niger Delta (JODEL), a media group concerned with the affairs of Nigeria’s oil and gas region, have joined emerging global pressure groups, to protest against the rising sexual assault on women and young girls in the region. The group had accordingly written to the United Nations (UN) ...
  3 days ago

• Six African Countries funded to ease climate adaptation

  
  Carbon-Based — Authority: 440
  Environment News Service : A total of $1.1 billion in new financing will flow to six African countries to assist them in developing renewable energy and preparing for the consequences of climate change. From solar water heaters to wind energy to development policy planning, a range of new, scalable investments were ...
  3 days ago

• European Union Threatens to Suspend Cooperation with Niger in 30 Days

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  The European Union (EU) has threatened to suspend cooperation with Niger if it does not comply with democratic rules by starting “consultations” within 30 days. The EU described the 4 August referendum as a violation of the Constitution. President Mamadou Tandja of Niger organized the referendum to extend his ...
  4 days ago

• GUINEA: Political crisis only sharpens daily hardship

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: IRIN Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a September 2009 report says Guinea is "volatile" due to a combination of sharp economic ...
  4 days ago

• EU freezes Niger aid in democracy row

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: Reuters * All development aid effectively on hold * Niger given 30-day deadline for consultations By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The European Union announced on Friday it was ...
  4 days ago

• Niger-Nigeria ‘blockade’ mystery

  
  Recording — Authority: 514
  Nigeria is blocking Niger from importing goods, Nigers foreign affairs ministry confirms, but a reason is still unclear.
  4 days ago

• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
  Congo Watch — Authority: 110
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
  5 days ago

• Nigeria denies closing borders with Niger – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  Media eports that Nigeria has shut its borders against Niger Republic over the political crisis in the country have been refuted by the Federal Government.In a four-paragraph statement yesterday, Information and Communications Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, urged Nigerians and the international community to ignore the ...
  5 days ago

• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
  Uganda Watch — Authority: 484
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
  5 days ago

• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
  Niger Watch — Authority: 103
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
  5 days ago

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