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Aisha Umar, Lawal Ibrahim and Shehu Abubakar Katsina — The federal government yesterday said Nigeria has not closed its borders with Niger Republic. Daily Trust's report yesterday did not say the border was closed, but many...
Like scores of other villages in north Karnataka, Amaragol and Hole Hadagali also suffered death and destruction in floods. But these two villages consider themselves lucky as a group of youngsters has come to their aid.
About 2.6 million people could face a food crisis in Niger this year as a result of insufficient rain, warned the Niger Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ANDDH) in a statement on Wednesday. Five of the eight regions...
Niger — Despite efforts to accommodate disabled students in Niger's schools, a lack of trained specialists limits the number of children schools can serve, according to the NGO Handicap International. "Schools for blind and...
KOCHI: Five sacred groves in Ernakulam district have been short-listed for conservation support. The Social Forestry wing of the State Forest Department had drawn up a plan for supporting sacred groves of biodiversity...
MARADI, Niger, 14 August 2009 – The harvest period in the village of Guidan Cherifi has just come to an end, and the millet stalks are neatly bundled at the entrance of the village. Normally at this time, the women of the...
ABU DHABI, June 11 (IPS) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation signed here today a Memorandum of Understanding to construct the Zayed Maternity and Paediatric...
MARADI, Niger, 5 June 2009 – Aboubacar Sidikou used to be an active two-year-old, running after goats in the courtyard or playing hide-and-seek all day long with his brothers. Now, the once enthusiastic boy has now become very...
TIRUCHI: Collector T. Soundiah on Wednesday inspected the progress of the developmental works being executed under different schemes in Uppiliapuram panchayat union. The developmental works are being implemented at a cost of...
Source: IRIN New World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards will help to detect which infants are at risk of malnutrition much more quickly, allowing for faster and less costly intervention, say aid workers.
