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04/23/2008
Climate change, the oil industry, and the construction of the world's largest dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo must be prioritized by African and U.S. leaders to support sustainable development on the continent, says a new report released on Earth Day.
Read moreFrom: Africa Action Related: [United States] [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Africa] [Energy] [International Cooperation] [Climate Change] [Renewable Energy] [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] Image: Africans will be disproportionately impacted by climate change, argues the report. © Refugees International
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01/09/2008
Tuhkarokko on Nigerissä lasten yleisimpiä kuolinsyitä. Maassa rokotetaan tammikuun suuressa rokotuskampanjassa noin 2,9 miljoonaa lasta tautia vastaan.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Children] [Disease/treatment] Image: - © Giacomo Pirozzi / United Nations Children's Fund
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10/25/2007
Limited access to food, health care, and outside assistance, compounded with recent bouts of ethnic violence and government and militia reprisals, has led a UN agency to warn that northern Niger may be on the brink of a humanitarian crisis.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Image: A little girl is weighed as hospitals register a significant rise in the number of malnourished children. © John Haskew / International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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09/28/2007
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) recently declared war on the Nigerian government and oil companies, demanding that local communities see benefits from the billions of dollars of oil removed from the region.
Read moreFrom: Independent Media Center Related: [Nigeria] |
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09/26/2007
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (OneWorld) - International donors' apathy towards African flood victims is worrying numerous UN agencies involved in humanitarian relief operations.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Ethiopia] [Sudan] [Uganda] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] |
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02/26/2007
Ajatusta maakeinottelusta ei tule helposti yhdistäneeksi valtioon, joka on pääosin autiomaata. Länsiafrikkalaisessa Nigerissä keinottelusta on kuitenkin jopa hyötyä aavikoitumisen torjunnassa.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [North Africa] [Environment] |
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10/27/2006
4 000 Tsadista Kaakkois-Nigeriin 1980-luvulta lähtien muuttanutta mahamidarabia joutuu palaamaan takaisin lähtömaahansa. Nigerin hallitus ilmoitti asiasta tiistaina. Syynä häätöön on etnisten ryhmien välien kiristyminen luonnonvaroja koskevien kiistojen vuoksi. Ryhmien johtajat ovat varoittaneet, että hallitukset toimet voivat johtaa maassa avoimiin väkivaltaisuuksiin etnisten ryhmien välillä.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Chad] [Refugees] [Race Politics] [Conflict] Image: © G. Cranston / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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10/27/2006
As many as 4,000 Mahamid Arabs living in southeast Niger since the 1980s or before will be forced to return to Chad, the government said Tuesday, citing ethnic tensions that developed over increasingly scarce resources.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Chad] Image: Mahamid Arabs in Chad. © G. Cranston / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/21/2006
Ahead of the July African Union Summit on 25 June in Banjul, Faith Cheruiyot looks at contrasting experiences from two largely Islamic west African countries that reveal the importance of the AU Protocol on WomenÂ’s Rights in Africa.
Read moreFrom: Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice Related: [Gambia] |
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06/12/2006
Food aid in Niger arrived too late in 2005, despite widespread predictions that famine was imminent. The world has known for months that famine is also coming to southern Africa but policymakers are still not responding to the warnings. Read more about the importance of early warning in food security in Niger in the latest id21 insights.
Read moreFrom: id21 Related: [Poverty] [ICT] |
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03/03/2006
Niger will be hit by critical food shortages within two to three months, according to Norwegian Church Aid.
Read moreFrom: ReliefWeb UN OCHA Related: [Emergency Relief] |
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02/03/2006
For the first time in three years the number of polio-endemic countries has dropped and eradication efforts will enter a new phase that targets the two surviving strains of the virus. Egypt and Niger have been polio-free for 12 months, the first time in recorded history, thanks to efficient and intense immunization campaigns designed to halt Africa's polio epidemic.
Read moreFrom: United Nations Children's Fund Related: [Africa] [Egypt] [International Cooperation] [Disease/treatment] Image: Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan are the only countries to have never stopped indigenous polio transmission. © United Nations Children's Fund
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12/16/2005
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From: Lutheran World Relief Related: [Emergency Relief] [Food] |
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11/25/2005
Without urgent international action to deal with the consequences of this year's food crisis in Niger, the country faces a second successive year of extreme suffering and hardship, the UN World Food Programme has warned.
Read moreFrom: ReliefWeb UN OCHA Related: [Emergency Relief] [Food] [United Nations] |
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11/03/2005
"Last week I sat in the back of a land rover that was rushing a critically ill baby to hospital." Caroline Hickson comes face to face with reality in Niger.
Read moreFrom: Concern Worldwide Related: [Aid] [Children] [Poverty] |
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11/01/2005
Äidit ja lapset odottelevat kärsivällisesti puiden varjossa, suojassa polttavalta auringolta, kun UNICEFin ja sen kumppaneiden ruokaohjelma jakaa ruokaa Nigerissä, Zinderin alueen kylissä. Humanitaariset järjestöt näkevät Nigerin ruokakriisin johtuvan rakenteellisesta ongelmasta, kuten koulutuksen puutteesta.
Read moreFrom: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys Related: [International Cooperation] [Poverty] Image: © Josh Estey/CARE 2001 / CARE USA
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09/28/2005
Diciannove minuti. È il tempo complessivo dedicato tra luglio e agosto da tutti i Tg italiani alla carestia in Niger. Hanno giudicato più interessanti le notizie sui VIP dei quali, sempre i Tg, ci hanno parlato per oltre 11 ore. In Niger, intanto, oltre tre milioni di persone sono esposte alla fame e moltissimi bambini sono già morti. È dall'inizio dell'anno che una delle più gravi crisi nutrizionali degli ultimi trent'anni sta mietendo vittime nel paese nordafricano. Tra i più poveri del mondo - è penultimo nell'indice ONU di sviluppo umano - il Niger è inoltre vessato da un debito estero i cui soli interessi assorbono più del bilancio di salute e istruzione insieme. La mancanza di sicurezza alimentare è cronica per gli abitanti del Niger, ma ad aggravare la situazione quest'anno hanno contribuito un'invasione di locuste e una brutale siccità che hanno distrutto parte del raccolto del 2004. Tutto ciò si sapeva da tempo e la comunità internazionale avrebbe potuto arginare la crisi organizzando distribuzioni di cibo e rendendo gratuite le cure per i bambini. Ma non è lo tsunami, non fa notizia, non muove il mondo politico internazionale.
Read moredi Andrea Pontiroli From: MSF - Medici Senza Frontiere Related: [Emergency Relief] [Disease/treatment] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] Image: Baby in Niger © Television Trust for the Environment
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09/14/2005
Medici Senza Frontiere (Msf) ha lanciato un nuovo appello per una rapida mobilitazione degli operatori umanitari in Niger: sono urgenti distribuzioni di cibo mirate nelle aree colpite da malnutrizione grave. Accertamenti sulla situazione nutrizionale nella regione di Zinder rivelano infatti un peggioramento della situazione, e nulla fa pensare che le condizioni allarmanti miglioreranno nei prossimi mesi. Nei giorni scorsi Medici Senza Frontiere aveva denunciato la complice disattenzione dei Tg italiani che nell'estate hanno dedicato alla crisi appena lo 0,1% delle notizie (cioè 19 minuti).
Read moreFrom: MSF - Medici Senza Frontiere Related: [Aid] [Children] [Emergency Relief] [Media] Image: Allarme Niger - da Msf © Médecins sans frontières
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09/12/2005
"Nigerin nälänhädän syiksi esitetään kuivuuden aikaansaamaa huonoa satoa ja edellisen vuoden heinäsirkkatuhoja. Tämä on kuitenkin vain osatotuus", kertoo Philip Dobie YK:n kehitysohjelman (UNDP) kuivien alueiden kehityskeskuksen (UNDDC) johtaja. Kauppapolitiikalla oli tärkeä vaikutus katastrofin syntyyn.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Poverty] |



