Niger

In Niger, 41 candidates for the presidential election in December next year have been handed over to the Interior Ministry. This is the first time there are such a large number of potential candidates for the election on 27 December. In the last election, they were 16. President Issoufou hopes at the end of his term to achieve the first alternation in Niger: a civilian sending the torch to another.…

Bilateral cooperation, safety and the forthcoming presidential elections in Niger fashioned the majority of the talks between the French Minister and the Nigerian authorities. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaOn the finish of his 24-hour keep in Niger, Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a full of life tribute to Mahamadou Issoufou, who…

Kidnapped by gunmen on the evening of 26-27 in southern Niger close to the Nigerian border, US citizen Philip Walton was launched. The data was introduced this Saturday, October 31, by the US media and confirmed to RFI by Nigerian Protection Minister Issoufou Katambé. Nigerian Protection Minister Issoufou Katambé gave no…

A US citizen was kidnapped in southern Niger overnight from Monday to Tuesday by six attackers who came on foot. as reported from Niger, Moussa KakaThe kidnapped U.S. citizen had lived for a year in the Massalata fortress, not far from the border with Nigeria. A year ago, Philip Walton had bought a garden and moved there with…

A return to high school postponed for 2 weeks. For college students, final yr was disrupted as all over the place by the Covid-15 pandemic, so latest weeks' floods have eaten up a little bit extra faculty time. Households in emergency care at colleges have been relocated. New faculty buildings have been created. as reported…

In countries in Africa where the organization is involved, the announcement of the award was welcomed by workers from the World Food Program. In particular, the Nobel Peace Prize emphasizes the link between security and the eradication of world hunger. The workers of the World Food Program (WFP) in Burkina Faso were all in…

Having verified that no action has been taken by the investigating judge, in the sense of extending their mandate, the law is clear in the case, we can not detain defendants, citizens, without any legal title or judicial. Therefore, we issued a press release, which certainly got their statutory release. However, we can say that we are half satisfied, because today our customers are free from their movements, but on the other hand, what is to be regretted is not necessary in a state governed by the rule of law, in a…

On October 1, 1960, Nigeria, a former British colony, became the largest independent state on the African continent. What political, economic, social and cultural results can we draw from these sixty years of independence? With our guests:- Remi Sonaiya, author, former professor of French language and applied linguistics,…

The legal battle over the leadership of the main opposition party, Mature FaLumana, continues in Niger. The Niamey tribunal de grande instance issued an order on Tuesday ordering Noma Oumarou to stop behaving as party chairman. The decision taken by the Niamey tribunal de grande instance orders "the cessation of the blatantly illegal suffering created by Noma Oumarou, who continues to behave as president of the Mature FaLumana Party". The judges also order Noma Oumarou to stop "using party attributes". The party of the…

It is a project that worries Benin and is unanimous in Nigeria. Last Wednesday, the Nigerian director announced that it had released pledges of $ 1.9 billion for the construction of a 250km railway line that will connect Nigeria to neighboring Niger. A project whose foundations were launched in 2015, but whose costs and real interest rates are discussed. The future railway line will connect the city of Kano in Nigeria with Maradi in southern Niger and pass through Jigawa, Katsina and Jibia. But the announcement of this…