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The Boko Haram threat is sparking a religious controversy in a vulnerable...
The full veil, sometimes worn by Muslim women, has been banned in the Diffa region, in south-east Niger, near the border with Nigeria.On July 17, the governor of the Diffa region, Soutane Gaoh, issued...
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US soldiers are quietly helping build a wall against Boko Haram in Niger
DIFFA, Niger (Reuters) - Despite years of intimidation by the violent extremist group Boko Haram, the people of southeastern Niger's Diffa region had never held a summit to confront the threat —...
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The US just plegded $45 million to help fight Boko Haram
The White House said on Thursday that it would send up to $45 million in defense services, including military training, to support African countries in their efforts to defeat the militant Islamist...
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An oil dispute in Niger is exposing big problems with Chinese investment in...
On August 14, a compressor failed at the Soraz oil refinery near Zinder, Niger, crippling one of the very few pieces of industrial infrastructure in one of the poorest countries in the world.The thing...
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Here's how people make ends meet in one of the poorest places in the world
Niger is a country at peace. But a World Food Program distribution site in Torouf — a village about an hour’s drive from the city of Tahoa — seemed lifted out of a conflict zone.Sacks of millet...
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Niger's desert north is a glimpse into the destructive brilliance of...
The Grand Mosque of Niamey, built with Libyan government funding in the 1970s, is a beaming adobe with a prism of latticed archways capped with a brilliant green dome, glittering and unscathed after...
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Inside the amazing Chinese-built luxury hotel in the capital of one of the...
Food options are limited in northern Niger, but one dietary staple is readily available just about everywhere I went in the vast, landlocked West African country.From remote highway rest stops to the...
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Africa's deadliest jihadist group is now shifting tactics
From 2014 through the February/March Nigerian military surge, Boko Haram was using advanced weapons systems and tactics to conquer and hold territory in northeastern Nigeria. At one point the insurgent...
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Niger is the most amazing country I never expected to visit
Chances are you'll never get to go to Niger. I never thought I'd get to go there either.It's landlocked and mostly desert. The only non-African cities that offer direct flights are Paris and Istanbul....
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One uranium mine in Niger says a lot about China's huge nuclear-power ambitions
The odds of finding much of anything seem slim in northern Niger’s unnerving expanses of hazy white desert.The land is so vast, so untethered from any obvious landmarks that when straying just a few...
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The US is sending troops to Niger to help train locals to fight against...
The United States has sent more than 30 troops to central Niger to help train local forces to fight Islamist militants, state TV and security sources said on Friday.Niger is in the middle of a desert...
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The market for the one energy source that's a menace to civilization is...
Uranium isn’t like other commodities for one very simple reason: It’s impossible to vaporize an entire city with a single petroleum- or coal-based weapon that’s smaller than a two-seat car. What makes...
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What daily life is like in a place infiltrated by Africa's deadliest jihadist...
Diffa, in south-east Niger near the country's border with Nigeria, has been under a state of emergency since February 2015. The area suffers from attacks by Boko Haram insurgents who circulate between...
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The world in photos this week
A selection of photos from some of this week's biggest news that you might have missed.SEE ALSO: 7 charts that show why the tit for tat over crumbs in the South China Sea isn't for nothingSouth Korea's...
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'A CITY LOST IN THE DESERT': A visit to the Sahara's uranium capital
In May 2013, a car bomb detonated near the Somair uranium mine in Arlit, in northern Niger, killing one person. Moments earlier, in Agadez, some 150 miles south, Al Qaeda-affiliated militants waged an...
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These 5 countries are the worst environmental offenders
Each year, Yale's Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 180 countries based on how well they've fared at protecting human health and vulnerable ecosystems.The EPI creates the index by giving each...
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The US military is building a $100 million drone base in central Niger
DAKAR, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The United States military said on Friday it is building a $100 million temporary base for surveillance drones in Agadez, central Niger, to help the West African country...
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Merkel announces a €27 million aid package for Niger to stem migrant flow
Niamey (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday announced a 27-million-euro aid package for Niger, her second stop in a three-nation Africa tour aimed at fighting terrorism and stemming the...
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RANKED: The 30 poorest countries in the world
The ranking of the world's poorest countries is once again dominated by African countries, according to an analysis by Global Finance Magazine.The ranking was published in February 2017 and based on...
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Rep. Frederica Wilson said John Kelly calling her an 'empty barrel' is 'racist'
A congresswoman from Florida called White House chief of staff John Kelly's comments in Thursday's press conference "racist."Kelly called her an "empty barrel" for criticizing Trump and fueling the...
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