http://us.oneworld.net/article/country/562/ en_US Niger http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83521 Climate change, the oil industry, and the construction of the world's largest dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo must be prioritized by African and U.S. leaders to support sustainable development on the continent, says a new report released on Earth Day. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81986 Tuhkarokko on Nigerissä lasten yleisimpiä kuolinsyitä. Maassa rokotetaan tammikuun suuressa rokotuskampanjassa noin 2,9 miljoonaa lasta tautia vastaan. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80903 Limited access to food, health care, and outside assistance, compounded with recent bouts of ethnic violence and government and militia reprisals, has led a UN agency to warn that northern Niger may be on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80507 The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) recently declared war on the Nigerian government and oil companies, demanding that local communities see benefits from the billions of dollars of oil removed from the region. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/153533/1/ UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (OneWorld) - International donors' apathy towards African flood victims is worrying numerous UN agencies involved in humanitarian relief operations. http://fi.oneworld.net/article/view/146589/1/ Ajatusta maakeinottelusta ei tule helposti yhdistäneeksi valtioon, joka on pääosin autiomaata. Länsiafrikkalaisessa Nigerissä keinottelusta on kuitenkin jopa hyötyä aavikoitumisen torjunnassa. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75293 4 000 Tsadista Kaakkois-Nigeriin 1980-luvulta lähtien muuttanutta mahamidarabia joutuu palaamaan takaisin lähtömaahansa. Nigerin hallitus ilmoitti asiasta tiistaina. Syynä häätöön on etnisten ryhmien välien kiristyminen luonnonvaroja koskevien kiistojen vuoksi. Ryhmien johtajat ovat varoittaneet, että hallitukset toimet voivat johtaa maassa avoimiin väkivaltaisuuksiin etnisten ryhmien välillä. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75284 As many as 4,000 Mahamid Arabs living in southeast Niger since the 1980s or before will be forced to return to Chad, the government said Tuesday, citing ethnic tensions that developed over increasingly scarce resources. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73002 Ahead of the July African Union Summit on 25 June in Banjul, Faith Cheruiyot looks at contrasting experiences from two largely Islamic west African countries that reveal the importance of the AU Protocol on Women’s Rights in Africa. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/134667/1/ Food aid in Niger arrived too late in 2005, despite widespread predictions that famine was imminent. The world has known for months that famine is also coming to southern Africa but policymakers are still not responding to the warnings. Read more about the importance of early warning in food security in Niger in the latest id21 insights. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70748 Niger will be hit by critical food shortages within two to three months, according to Norwegian Church Aid. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70271 For the first time in three years the number of polio-endemic countries has dropped and eradication efforts will enter a new phase that targets the two surviving strains of the virus. Egypt and Niger have been polio-free for 12 months, the first time in recorded history, thanks to efficient and intense immunization campaigns designed to halt Africa's polio epidemic. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/124876/1/ In this article Kady Souley Boncano shares her experience of how radio made her a star in her country in a week's time. She describes the changes Niger has undergone in last few years and the way radio has affected women's life in Niger. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69511 © Lutheran World Relief Lutheran World Relief has received a $640,104 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help nomadic communities in Niger avert food crises through new, innovative approaches that help bring vulnerable populations back from the brink of hunger. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69222 Without urgent international action to deal with the consequences of this year's food crisis in Niger, the country faces a second successive year of extreme suffering and hardship, the UN World Food Programme has warned.