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Niger junta bans members from running in elections (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Niger's junta on Friday banned its own members and also government ministers from standing in elections, in a decree signed by its chief, Major Salou Djibo, state radio reported.

Nigeria : Niger A Passion for Wrestling (AllAfrica.com)

Niger — The military intervention was expected to bring an abrupt end to the cultural event. But that did not happen. Instead, it continued to the point where the last man standing emerged.

NIGER: More needed to avoid catastrophe (AlertNet)

Source: IRIN A severe food and malnutrition crisis is looming in Niger, according to aid agencies. More than 20,000 under-five children are being treated for malnutrition nationwide and at least another 200,000 are at risk of severe malnutrition, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Iranians leave uranium-rich Niger (UPI)

NIAMEY, Niger, March 11 (UPI) -- Iranian diplomats are reported to have quit the capital of the rickety West African state of Niger following a military coup that toppled President Mamadou Tandja.

African Union wants Niger President freed (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The African Union wants Niger's military junta to free President Mamadou Tandja, overthrown in a February 18 coup, the body's peace and security chief Ramtane Lamamra said Thursday.

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-11 13:10 Niger military junta sacks regional governors (Interactive Investor)

NIAMEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Niger's ruling military junta has sacked the West African country's eight regional governors -- all political supporters of the previous regime -- and replaced them with soldiers. The move announced late Wednesday tightens the junta's grip on power in the uranium-producing nation after it toppled former president Mamadou Tandja in a spectacular raid in the capital ...

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-11 13:10 Niger military junta sacks regional governors (Interactive Investor)

NIAMEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Niger's ruling military junta has sacked the West African country's eight regional governors -- all political supporters of the previous regime -- and replaced them with soldiers. The move announced late Wednesday tightens the junta's grip on power in the uranium-producing nation after it toppled former president Mamadou Tandja in a spectacular raid in the capital ...

Desert dangers force Niger tourism south (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco-lodge in southern Niger for its first visitors as soldiers in the capital blasted their way into the presidential palace and arrested the country's leader.

FEATURE-Desert dangers force Niger tourism south (AlertNet)

Source: Reuters * Security worries still a concern for Niger tourism * Efforts to promote the safer south By David Lewis LAMANTIN ISLAND, Niger, March 11 (Reuters) - Joel Sauze was just readying his new eco- ...

Nigeria : Niger Delta Ministry Opens Bids for Skills Acquisition Centres (AllAfrica.com)

Abuja — Ministry of the Niger Delta Affairs has resumed bidding for the construction of the skills acquisition centres in Abia, Cross River, Imo and Rivers States and the dualisation of Obehia-Akwete-Azumini-Ukanafu Road respectively.

Nigeria : The Imperatives of Sustainable Development in Niger-Delta (AllAfrica.com)

Watchers of the post amnesty programme truly heaved a sigh of relief when the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan told the nation that his administration was determined to give more than lip service to the programme that resulted in the cessation of hostilities between the Federal Government and the restive youths in the Niger Delta region.

Hunger and Malnutrition Crisis Resurfaces in Niger (AlertNet)

Action Against Hunger - USA NEW YORK, NY-In response to massive food shortages and staggering acute malnutrition rates in Niger, global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International launched an emergency ...

Niger appeals for emergency food aid (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The government in Niger on Wednesday appealed for massive emergency aid to avert a food crisis that threatens more than half of the population of the arid west African country.

NIGER: Southern villages emptying as drought bites (AlertNet)

Source: IRIN "Empty" increasingly describes the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - entire villages, are emptying.

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta (20 pictures) (Guardian Unlimited)

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta , by the photojournalist Ed Kashi, documents the consequences of 50 years of oil extraction in the Niger delta.

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