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Niger: Food shortage to hit 2.6m people
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: Spelling their way out of hunger
MAGARIA, 13 August 2009 (IRIN) - Yaou Sadi, a farmer in south-eastern Niger, can remember almost exactly how much millet and sorghum he has cultivated, going back for years. Not knowing how to read or write, his memory is the...
Niger: Passing Along Hunger But Little Milk
While health workers counsel women in Niger to feed their newborns until age six months only breast milk, to boost their babies' immunity and avoid malnutrition, some mothers are unable to do so because of their own poor health.
Niger: Flood Relief Underway in Southeast
The Niger government is distributing cereals, mosquito nets and blankets for hundreds of people affected by flooding in the southeast region of Zinder. Local authorities reported 187 homes destroyed in Moa village on 18 July in...
Niger: Lean Season 'Blanket' Feeding Launched
Gouna — A food distribution to help prevent malnutrition - known as a blanket feeding - has been launched in southern Niger's Zinder region, with UN World Food Program (WFP) and local NGO support. Hundreds of women and children...
Niger: Meningitis Infections Decline
Dakar — Meningitis infections in Niger have dropped during the past three weeks and the most dangerous part of the infection season is over, according to emergency health workers. The bacteria that cause the respiratory...
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