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Irregular and below-average rains in parts of northeastern Nigeria and eastern Niger have shortened the growing season for many farmers, sparking malnutrition and food insecurity concerns among aid groups and analysts.
MICROCAPITAL.ORG STORY: HIV Education Combined with World Bank-Funded Microfinance Project Aims to Bring Women in Niger out of Sex Worker Industry and Reduce Risk of HIV Spread A World Bank-funded project that integrates both...
Sex workers crossing into Niger's east, as well as busy border traffic of livestock breeders, businessmen and migrants, boost the risk of HIV infections in Diffa region, according to the government. But despite the region...
KINJANDI, 12 August 2009 (IRIN) - In parts of Niger's far-east Diffa region, animals dying from malnutrition have a direct impact on human food security and nutrition, according to local Livestock Ministry officials.
OUAGADOUGOU, 7 August 2009 (IRIN) - With limited access to time-saving agricultural tools and technologies, rural women in West Africa are forced to cut down on the time they spend breastfeeding, in some cases over-feeding...
Threats and warnings continue to be traded by supporters and opponents of a constitutional referendum scheduled for 4 August, which has put hundreds of millions of aid dollars in doubt – as well as raising questions over...
Niamey — Low rainfall has disrupted the planting season throughout Niger as farmers who sowed seeds in May are forced to replant when their first crops died, according to the national association of farmers. "There are real...
The deputy head of Niger's Independent Electoral Commission and representative of the Bar Association has resigned as Niger braced for a controversial referendum in which President Mamadou Tandja (pictured) is seeking to stay...
NIAMEY, Niger, 14 April 2009 – Ten villages in western Niger have decided to put an end to female genital mutilation or cutting (also known as FGM/C), publicly calling all inhabitants in the Tillabery region to give up this...
