Modibo Oumarou Aliou, managing editor ofLe Canard Déchaîné, a privately-owned Niamey-based newspaper was on July 21, 2011 arrested and detained overnight at the civilian prison in Niamey. Aliou has been charged with “dissemination o false information� for repeatedly publishing “false stealing allegations against Alhaji Ousman, former press secretary of General Djibou Salou, chairman of the [...]
The Ghana branch of the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) and its Nigerien counterparts are set on a collision course over an Audi Q7 vehicle which was stolen in Accra in 2010, but presently said to be in Niger. This is as a result of the alleged refusal of Interpol Niger to hand over the [...]
2011-08-03 18:13 Niamey – Niger security forces arrested 10 soldiers for trying to overthrow the government last month, President Mahamadou Issoufou said late on Tuesday, in his first public mention of the alleged attempted coup. The West African state, a top uranium supplier to France’s nuclear industry and also one of the world’s poorest countries, [...]
(AFP) – 1 day ago NIAMEY — Security forces broke up demonstrations by hundreds of people after weeks of electricity cuts in Niger, with several protesters wounded and arrested Monday, radio reports and police said. Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who took to the streets of the central town of Tanout after a [...]
* Soldiers sought to topple govt in July, president says * Plotters were part of junta from 2010 coup – sources * Security improving in uranium mining zone – official By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Niger security forces arrested ten soldiers for trying to overthrow the government last month, President Mahamadou Issoufou [...]
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger said it is seeking a new buyer for its state telecoms company Sonitel after an accord with the Libyan company LAP Green foundered on UN sanctions against the government of Muammar Gaddafi. “We are going to launch an international invitation to tender … We are going to make sure the buyer [...]
2011-07-29 12:53:21 (RSF/IFEX) – 28 July 2011 – Reporters Without Borders is today releasing a report on media freedom in two countries where the political situation is still fragile after recent transitions – Guinea, where President Condé’s private home was attacked with heavy weapons on 19 July, and Niger, where soldiers have just been arrested [...]
Nursing Niamey Published 12:04am Saturday, July 30, 2011 Email This PostComments Fresh out of nursing school, Andalusia resident Stacey Frank recently embarked on a journey of a lifetime, she said. Frank, who graduated from LBWCC last May, earning her associates in nursing degree, said she’s always wanted to do some form of mission work, took [...]
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger has awarded a total of six gold exploration licences to two Canadian firms, Cassidy Gold Corp and AMI Resources, and a third company from Ghana, according to a government statement. The prospecting licences are in the west of the mostly desert nation, which has long produced uranium but remains one of [...]
PARIS, France, July 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Reporters Without Borders is today releasing a report on media freedom in two countries where the political situation is still fragile after recent transitions – Guinea, where President Condé’s private home was attacked with heavy weapons on 19 July, and Niger, where soldiers have just been [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]