Niger Bound

Sahel: Record death toll from floods in NigerF

Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of a million people, the Civil Protection Service said on Thursday, describing the toll as one of the highest on record. Rainy-season floods...
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Sahel: Niger suspends oil deliveries to Mali after Bamako launched verbal attack on Niger’s presidentF

Niger has suspended the shipping of oil products through the Sahel nation to neighbouring Mali for "security reasons" in the face of a jihadist insurgency, customs sources told AFP Tuesday. An internal customs service note dated September 21 declared "the suspension...
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Insurgencies: Boko Haram fighters pouring into Niger’s side of Lake ChadF

Hundreds of Boko Haram jihadists have fled a forest enclave in northeast Nigeria, escaping air strikes by the military and floods from torrential rains to seek shelter on Niger's side of Lake Chad, sources told AFP. Northeast Nigeria is facing a 13-year armed...
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The Sahel is in permanent state of climate shock, the world’s most vulnerable to extreme droughts, floods and heatwavesF

The World Bank on Monday urged five West African countries to diversify their economies to adapt to climate change, warning they are extremely vulnerable to extreme weather patterns. A report said Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger -- all in the arid...
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