Niger

In Niger, the city of Arlit, 250 kilometers from Agadez, in the north of the country, painfully accuses the news of the closure of the Akouta mine, scheduled for March 31. On Wednesday, Moussa Souley, general manager of Cominak, Akouta's mining company, announced to the press the terms of the closure of this mine site. With our…

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The front doors to the Grand Marché of Niamey have reopened since this week. An event because it had been more than two years since they were closed due to work on the highway. While the Covid-19 pandemic and the violence in the post-election crisis have hit the capital's economic lung hard, traders are hoping to reopen their doors.…

Nearly 300 girls, who were abducted from a boarding school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara on Friday, have been released by gunmen, the governor said in a tweet on Tuesday. An armed gang had abducted the girls from the GGSS school (Government Girls Science Secondary) in the city of Jangebe. A rescue operation was underway to get the girls back to safety. A teacher at GGSS, who asked to remain anonymous, had said that the attack occurred around 1 o'clock (12 GMT) but did not provide…

Security forces continue to search for 317 girls who were abducted on Friday, just a day before an armed gang released 27 teenage boys who had been abducted from their school in the northern state of Niger last week. Schools have become the target of mass kidnappings of rapists in northern Nigeria by armed groups, many of whom carry weapons and bicycles. On February 17, gunmen killed a boy and kidnapped 42 people - 27 students, three employees and 12 members of their families - in an attack on the…

After the count, it is now time to compile the results. For this, Céni has set up its operations center at the Palais des Congrès in Niamey. It is only after receipt and verification that it gradually shows the preliminary results. With our special envoy to Niamey, Magali LagrangeStart of compilation, which makes it possible…

In the Central African Republic, first of all, the presidential and legislative elections yesterday, which took place "in a tense security context", commemorate the radio Long Luke. On her website, she takes stock of this day and notes that “several cities did not have the chance to participate in these polls. This is the case, for example, with Bouar, Bozoum, Bambari, Kaga Bandoro, Kabo, Batangafo, the list is long, ”says…

In Niger, polling stations have closed since 1 p.m. 19, and the count has started. A day of voting in peace and in a peaceful climate, according to observers. As for the Independent National Electoral Commission, Ceni, it is preparing for an election in which all the preliminary results will be centralized and disseminated.…

Voting began in Niger on Sunday in an election expected to lead to the West African nation's first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents. A smooth handover would be a rare bright spot for a country plagued by widespread poverty and violence that has killed hundreds of civilians and soldiers in the past year alone. Niger has experienced four coups since gaining independence from France in 1960. This would also be in contrast to Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, whose presidents this…

About 7.5 million Nigerian voters are expected to vote in the presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, December 27. The 26,000 polling stations opened around 8 a.m. with a slight delay, and about thirty candidates are running to succeed Mahamadou Issoufou. Mohamed Bazoum, from the ruling Nigerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), is one of 30 candidates to run in the first round on Sunday.…