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The African Development Bank (AfDB) funding consists of a $71 million loan and a $56.8 million grant.
President Mohamed Bazoum has been in Ankara, Turkey since Wednesday to visit the main flagships of the Turkish arms industry.
Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum believes that the withdrawal of European military forces such as Barkhane and Takuba from northern Mali risks plunging the entire Sahel into chaos.
Turkish medical volunteers performed a total of 547 surgical operations, 4602 internal medicine and gynecological examinations, and 633 dental procedures as part of a scheme to improve the health delivery in Niger, APA has learnt on Friday.
Highly influential in their communities, traditional chiefs in the Sahelian country of Niger are key levers to lead the demographic transition as required by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
A report by Amnesty International listed series of abuses committed from January 1 to July 29, 2021 in southwestern Niger.
Amnesty International (AI) has announced that these abuses had been committed from January 1 to 29 July 2021 in this southwestern region of Niger.
G5 Sahel experts have been visiting Niamey from 15 to 19 August 2021 to carry out a feasibility study for the establishment of a financial inclusion programme for youth employment in sensitive and insecure areas.
In Niger, the cholera epidemic has now spread throughout the country.
Respected intellectual and influential activist, Moussa Tchangari, Secretary General of the Nigerien association “Alternative Espaces Citoyens” in a column called on the Sahel’s ruling elites and their Western allies to undertake profound political reforms. Otherwise, the region risks suffering the same fate as Afghanistan, where the Taliban are returning to power twenty years after being driven out by the US army.