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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urges inclusion of refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in flood response across West and Central Africa

The floods have devastated communities, destroyed homes and infrastructure and heightened protection risks for the most vulnerable, severely affecting forcibly displaced populations who were already living in precarious conditions

With the onset of the rainy season, severe flooding across Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger and Nigeria has significantly worsened the situation of refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) in the region. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, emphasizes the importance of including forcibly displaced people in national response plans.  The floods have…

Save the Children
Source: Save the Children |

West Africa Floods: More than 950,000 people displaced and children sheltering in schools just weeks before school term starts

In Mali, where the government has declared a national state of disaster, the floods have forced 73,778 people including 32,889 children from their homes

Recent heavy rains and floods across West Africa have forced nearly 950,000 people [1], many of them children, from their homes across Mali, Nigeria and Niger, Save the Children said. The hundreds of thousands of children now displaced from their homes are facing disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption…

United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation
Source: United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation |

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) receives credentials copy from the new Ambassador of the Republic of the Niger to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

His Excellency wished the new Ambassador success in the performance of his duties and in enhancing bilateral relations and cooperation between the UAE and his country

H.E. Saif Abdulla Alshamisi, Assistant Undersecretary for Protocol Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received a copy of the credentials of H.E. Moussa Almon Oumarou, Ambassador of the Republic of the Niger to the UAE. His Excellency wished the new Ambassador success in the performance of his duties and…

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Source: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) |

The Task Force of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Trade Liberalization Scheme Praises Recent High-Level dialogue between Benin an Niger

The Task Force of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme Praises Recent High-Level dialogue between Benin an Niger to Promote the Free Movement of People and Goods between the countries

The Chairman of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) Task Force that is set up to monitor the Free Movement of People and Goods across the region, His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Ibn CHAMBAS, has been following efforts made by two former Presidents of Benin, H.E. Nicephore SOGLO and H.E. Thomas…

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)
Source: Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) |

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) Supports Fish Farming in Niger

In Niger, where agriculture and animal husbandry play a crucial role in the country’s economy, strengthening modern integrated production facilities has become a state policy

With the support of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), the equipment and machinery needed by the fishermen’s cooperative in Niger were provided, and renovation work was carried out in the cooperative’s building. In Niger, where agriculture and animal husbandry play a crucial role in the country’s economy, strengthening modern…

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)
Source: Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) |

Turkish Doctors Provide Medical Aid in Niger

A total of 2,941 outpatient services were provided in internal medicine, gynecology, ENT (ear, nose and throat), ophthalmology and dentistry

With the support of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), a 41-member medical team from Türkiye went to Niger, where they provided 2,941 outpatient services and performed 336 surgeries. In cooperation with TİKA and Bir İnsan Dünyaya Bedeldir Sağlık ve Eğitim Köyleri Volunteering (BİSEG) Association, the 29th health organization event, supported…

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

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    • Teenage girls with seed grinding mills, part of the distributions in a UNFPA-supported project to support them in launching a business. © UNFPA Niger
    • More than three quarters of girls in Niger are married while they are still children and the adolescent pregnancy rate is around 14 per cent. © UNFPA Niger
    • Mahamane Mansour Kané Maiguizo is a champion of social well-being in Tessaoua. © UNFPA Niger
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Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |

Empowering adolescent girls in Niger to take control of their lives – and futures

The Tessaoua project works with the Association of Traditional Chiefs of Niger and local women's organizations on training sessions, helping to mobilize local leaders as allies in advocating for girls’ rights

“Every young girl must have an economic activity. It’s humiliating to ask for money: You have to look out for yourself,” said 17-year-old Maimounatou, who lives in Tessaoua, in Niger’s south-central Maradi region. A rural and generally calm area, Tessaoua is frequently hit by intense flooding. As many in the community…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

Niger: Rights in Free Fall a Year After Coup

Crackdown on Opposition, Media; No Oversight of Military Spending

The military authorities in Niger have cracked down on the opposition, media, and peaceful dissent since taking power in a coup one year ago, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said today. They have arbitrarily detained former President Mohamed Bazoum, and at least 30…

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Source: United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) |

Empowering women and building climate resilience with Habbanayé in Niger

In Niger, UN Capital Development Fund is unlocking the potential of Habbanayé to build community level resilience, empower women and reinforce community ties in a region that has seen a recent uptick in conflict

Habbanayé is an ancestral practice among pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Niger, which consists of lending reproductive adult livestock to family members, friends or acquaintances in vulnerable situations. The family receiving the loaned female assumes responsibility for them until their offspring are weaned. The loaned animals are then returned to…

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)
Source: Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) |

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) Establishes Vegetable and Moringa Production Garden to Benefit 100 Women in Niger

Communities residing especially in rural areas of Zinder, one of the regions most affected by acute drought cases in Niger, make their living from agriculture and animal husbandry

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) established a vegetable and moringa garden in the Yaloufoiram village of Niger, where 100 women will engage in the production. Communities residing especially in rural areas of Zinder, one of the regions most affected by acute drought cases in Niger, make their living from…