NIGER: Thousands displaced by flooding

Seeded on Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:02 PM EDT (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)

The remote desert town Bilma in Agadez region, 1,500 km northeast of the capital Niamey has been hardest hit... some 3,400 people from 675 families have been driven from their homes or watched them destroyed by flooding...

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When Development Is an Emergency

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:32 AM EDT (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)

Massive relief projects have already reached hundreds of thousands of people this year and are keeping the most vulnerable Nigeriens on life-support.

development, drought, world-news, niger, sahel

Rains bring hope of averting food shortages

Seeded on Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:21 AM EDT (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)

Fears of another drought ended as prayers have been answered and rains have fallen "across most of the arid country.... Another encouraging sign is that food is available in the country's markets and, unlike last year, the price is not prohibitively high."

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NIGER: Government launches campaign to eradicate Guinea worm by 2009

Seeded on Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:21 PM EDT (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)

Clean drinking water is essential to eradicating Guinea Worm Disease and also the main obstacle faced by the Nigerien government.

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Niger Receives US$50 Million for Reforms in the Rural and Social Sectors

Seeded on Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:44 AM EDT (The World Bank)

"The Rural and Social Policy Reform Credit (RSRC) aims to improve service delivery to the poor while continuing reforms in public sector management to secure adequate financing in critical sectors of the economy.

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Niger: UNICEF faces $3-million shortfall in bid to feed 500,000 hungry children

Seeded on Fri Jun 2, 2006 4:19 PM EDT (UN News Centre)

"The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) still needs more than $3 million to address the immediate and mid-term needs of children and women affected by the food crisis in Niger, where it expects to treat 500,000 malnourished youngsters this year...

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Life just gets tougher in world's poorest country

Seeded on Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:53 PM EDT (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)

Bird flu (H5N1) only compounds the challenges already present in Niger. Toby Porter, Save the Children's Director of Emergencies, said in a recent statement, "There is no war in Niger, no rebel groups, no despots, no problems getting the aid in. It's just poverty."

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China Donates 225 Tractors to Niger

Seeded on Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:39 PM EDT (Business in Africa online)

"China has further increased its involvement in Niger's agriculture development by donating 225 tractors to the land-locked country.

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More Than 2 Million Mosquito Nets Distributed As Niger Battles Malaria

Seeded on Wed Apr 5, 2006 11:36 AM EDT (UN News Centre)

"'One of the most effective interventions is to make sure that all children and mothers sleep under impregnated mosquito nets,' UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kul Gautam said... 'These mosquito nets cost only five cents apiece.

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Asks for Urgent Support for Poor Countries

Seeded on Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:30 AM EST (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks)

Mr. Annan urged nations who previously pledged monetary support to "convert the pledges into cash quickly" in order to help poor countries to stop the spread of H5N1 avian influenza. He added, "Avian influenza threatens the entire world. It knows no borders.

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