Niger
INTERNATIONAL: Word Bank governance report influence
Improved governance leads to higher standards of living, rather than the other way around, the...
InternationalWEST AFRICA: Western franc zone devaluation unlikely
The mainly agricultural eight-country West African Economic and Monetary Union is on course for...
West AfricaNIGER: Chinese kidnap highlights northern insecurity
Rebels kidnapped a Chinese uranium mining executive on Friday in northern Niger, adding to...
NigerCENTRAL AFRICA: CFA franc institutions set for reforms
New governors will be appointed in the next few months for both of the CFA franc zones' central...
NIGER: No-confidence vote reflects succession tussle
The government of Prime Minister Hama Amadou fell yesterday, after losing a no-confidence vote in...
NigerAFRICA: Saharan criminality and security interlinked
New evidence is emerging of the range and changing nature of trans-Saharan crime. It is apparent...
NIGER: Government pins hopes on extractive sector
Teachers and nurses began a three-day strike on March 14. The strike is the latest of many by the...
NigerAFRICA: Bird flu carries serious economic consequences
Avian influenza, thought to have cost more than 10 billion dollars worldwide since the first...
Africa
