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Niamey, Niger

Niamey, Niger Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Niamey, Niger.

Results 1 - 20 of 187 in Niamey, Niger

  1. SocialRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... on Wednesday launched the 2009-2010 directory fo r government services. Niger to makes prisons "humane". Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Garba Lompo, on Thursday announced a set of measures aimed to make ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, Dakar, Senegal

  2. AgricultureRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... monthly rises, the Food and Agriculture Organisa t ion (FAO) said Wednesday. Niger investigates food situation Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's National Statistics Institute (INS) on Tuesday be gan investigations into the food situation in the country ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Paul Kagame, World News, Rwanda, Africa, Niger, Marketing, Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria

  3. EconomyRead the original story

    Wednesday | Panapress

    ... here on Wednesday slightly lower than the it did on Tuesda y . 09/12/2009 Niger to register mobile phone users Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Telecommunications regulatory agency (ARM) on Wed nesday asked all mobile phone users in the country to ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Niger, Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya, Africa, Libya, The Gambia, Banjul, The Gambia

  4. Elevated CO2 concentration around alfalfa nodules increases N2 fixationRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Journal of Experimental Botany

    Department of Crop Sciences, Plant Nutrition, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Carl-Sprengel-Street 1, D-37075 Goettingen, Germany jschulz2{at}gwdg.de Nodule CO2 fixation via PEPC provides malate for bacteroids and oxaloacetate for N assimilation.

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

  5. Few clues in diplomats' disappearanceRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 8 | Vancouver Sun

    Suspects holding veteran Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler and his aide could be scanning world reports about the pair to assess how "valuable" they might be, it was feared Tuesday.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Niger

  6. U.N.: $24 billion could slash infant, maternal deathsRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | Canada.com

    A woman carries her baby on a main street in Niamey, Niger in a file photo. A U.N.-backed report said investments in family planning and birth control would boost the effectiveness spending on pregnancy and newborn health care, suggesting investing in both together could achieve "dramatic" results.

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    Related Topix: Niger, World News

  7. BU considers canceling next semester's Niger program due to security risksRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | The Daily Free Press

    Boston University International Programs may cancel the Niamey International Development Program in Niger next semester due to a U.S. State Department travel alert issued Nov.

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    Related Topix: Africa, Niger, Boston University, Terrorism

  8. Giraffe ComebackRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 1 | Egypt Today

    G ood news on the Giraffe front! Researchers from the Giraffe Conservation Foundation - www.giraffeconservation.org for those who share my fascination with these animals - report that there has been a dramatic increase in the population of the highly endangered West African race of the Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis peralta.

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    Related Topix: Travel, World News, Niger Travel, Africa, Niger, Egypt, Sudan Travel, Sudan Travel, Pop/Rock, The Giraffes

  9. Poor Rains in Africa's Sahel Mean Below Average HarvestRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | Voice of America

    Poor farmers in Niger, Chad and northeastern Mali will likely need food aid until the early harvests of August.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Niger, Agriculture, Science

  10. PoliticsRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | Panapress

    ... a high-powered delegation sent by Nige r's president, Mamadou Tandja, official Libyan sources revealed. Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The new chairman of Niger's Parliament, Seini Oumarou, ha s said his priority is to a?restore the imagea? of the ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Libya, Mamadou Tandja, Niger, Joseph Kabila, South Africa

  11. Once on the brink of extinction, giraffes standing tallRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | Washington Times

    A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky, orange soil.

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    Related Topix: Africa, Niger, World News

  12. Newton JibunohRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 25 | BBC

    Nigeria's most celebrated environmental campaigner is about to launch a reality TV show to highlight the dangers of global warming for Africans.

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    Related Topix: Nigeria, World News, Africa, TV, Electronics, Activism, Niger

  13. EconomyRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Panapress

    ... two countries had g o ne up to US$ 2 billion. 25/11/2009 full text... Russian businessmen to invest in Niger Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A delegation of Russian businessmen who specialize in wat er engineering arrived in Niger to examine the ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Niger, Senegal, Dakar, Senegal, Harare, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Kenya, Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya

  14. Niger leader faces pressure from marchersRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 22 | Independent Online

    Niamey - Protesters took to the streets of Niger's capital Niamey by the thousands on Sunday to call for President Mamadou Tandja to step down over his controversial attempts to stay to power.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Niger, Mamadou Tandja

  15. Niger Protest For President Tandja to QuitRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday Nov 22 | Pan-African News Wire

    Sunday, November 22, 2009 20:42 Mecca time, 17:42 GMT Niger protest for president to quit To date, numerous protests in Niger have met with little reaction from the presidency Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Niger's capital, Niamey, calling for the resignation of President Mamadou Tandja.

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    Related Topix: Africa, Niger, World News, Mamadou Tandja

  16. Niger Travel Alert, November 2009Read the original story

    Sunday Nov 22 | Kansas City InfoZine

    On January 22, 2009, four Europeans were abducted by AQIM operatives along the Mali-Niger border as their tour group returned to Niamey from a cultural festival in the Malian town of Anderamboukane.

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  17. Couple's love story started in AfricaRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 20 | The Japan Times

    ... 9.3 million, was there on business. Emmanuel met Eriko at a community event to introduce Japanese culture in Niamey, Niger's capital. About three years on from that encounter, the couple married in Benin and moved to Japan in 1999. Eriko, 45, works ...

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    Related Topix: Benin, Africa, World News, Niger, Japan, Asia

  18. NIGER [Travel Alert]Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | Freerepublic.com

    Note: The following text is a quote: Travel Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs This information is current as of today, Thu Nov 19 2009 21:45:59 GMT-0800 . Niger November 19, 2009 The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the risks of travel to Niger due to ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Niger, Terrorism, 9

  19. PoliticsRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 17 | Panapress

    President Umaru Yar'Adua Tuesday nominated, for the appr oval of the Senate, Justice Iyorgher Ignatius Katsina-Alu as the Chief Justice o f Nigeria, PANA reported from here.

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    Related Topix: Nigeria, World News, Africa, Umaru Yar'adua, Niger, Morocco, Mohamed Vi

  20. Niger is still on the rails: Foreign ministerRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 16 | Sunday Times

    Aichatou Mindaoudou insisted a "real" opposition existed in the west African country despite the ruling party winning an overwhelming parliamentary majority in polls boycotted by the opposition.

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    Related Topix: Africa, Niger, World News, Mamadou Tandja