Niger mourns 20 children killed in school blaze
Some 20 children died Tuesday after several classrooms caught fire at a school in Niger's capital Niamey, the fire service said. "Twenty-one classrooms in straw..
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Fresh protests in Niger as opposition candidate claims victory
Protests erupted in Niger on Wednesday with tyres set alight and opposition supporters facing off with police as opposition candidate Mahamane Ousmane claimed victory in..
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Niger: Blast kills seven election workers as vote counting begins
NIGER - Seven election workers were killed early Sunday in Niger's troubled western Tillaberi region when their vehicle hit a mine, the area's governor told..
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World Bank to invest $5 billion in 11 African countries
The World Bank on Monday said it would invest over $5 billion over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve agriculture productivity,..
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AIRTEL AFRICA ANNOUNCES CHANGE OF LEADERS IN DRC AND NIGER
Nairobi, Kenya, September 18th, 2014– Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced the appointment..
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Groups, fixtures and schedule of Afcon 2015 qualifying
After the second qualifying round is over and the Group stage team list is complete, here are all the fixtures of the final qualifying round..
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Malawi, US, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria & Tanzania confirm intention to join Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania and the United States confirmed last week their intention to join the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA). At..
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Kunkuyu faults Misa-Malawi on media accord: ‘JB needed enough time before putting pen to paper’
Malawi government spokesperson Moses Kunkuyu has said representatives of the country’s media watchdog, National Media Institute for Southern Africa (Namisa) goofed by using “the backdoor”..
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Global poverty decreases by 20%, but struggle for better life continues in Africa
Global poverty is no longer what it is used to be, a United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) report released last week shows, saying that..
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Niger and Ghana lift Airtel Rising Stars Africa Championships trophies
Niger and Ghana have won the inaugural Airtel Rising Stars Africa Championships in the Boy’s and Girl’s tournament respectively with $10,000 cash prize each and..
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