Reuters: Niger News

Niger to lift security alert in north on rebel deal

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:59:33 +0000

NIAMEY, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Niger's government will lift a security alert that has been in place in the country's north for more than two years after a peace deal with the area's Tuareg rebels, it said on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Gunmen kidnap French national in Mali-source

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:34:30 +0000

* Pierre Kamat kidnapped in remote eastern Mali, source says

Gunmen kidnap French national in Mali-source

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:53:57 +0000

BAMAKO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Gunmen have kidnapped a French national in Mali's remote east, a government source said on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Foreign helicopter missing in Afghanistan

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:47:38 +0000

KABUL, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A cargo helicopter chartered by a military contractor has gone missing in Afghanistan and NATO forces are helping search for it, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Foreign helicopter missing in east Afghanistan

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:41:50 +0000

KABUL, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A helicopter belonging to a military contractor has gone missing in Afghanistan and NATO forces are helping search for it, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.

UEMOA cenbank frees up $1.5 bln for internal debts

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:37:01 +0000

ABIDJAN, 21 Nov (Reuters) - The central bank for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) will disburse 700 billion CFA francs ($1.59 billion) so that governments in the eight-nation bloc can pay off internal debts, a statement said.

UPDATE 1-UEMOA cenbank frees up $1.5 bln for internal debts

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:35:55 +0000

* Internal debt of 8-nation group is around 1.4 trillion CFA

West African bloc UEMOA cuts 2009 growth forecast

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:57:49 +0000

ABIDJAN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The eight-nation West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) cut its 2009 economic growth forecast to 3.2 percent from 4.7 percent, Ivory Coast's top finance official said on Friday.

New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:47:54 +0000

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported on Thursday.

Al Qaeda Africa wing less a threat to Europe - U.S.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:11:05 +0000

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African wing is less likely now to carry out attacks in Europe, mainly because of pressure on the group from Algerian security forces, a U.S. counter-terrorism official said on Tuesday.