Reuters: Niger News

FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Nigeria

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:08:43 +0000

LAGOS, May 15 (Reuters) - A northern Islamist insurgency and a corruption scandal over state-subsidised fuel imports are dominating Goodluck Jonathan's presidency, distracting it from reforms meant to unleash the potential of Africa's top energy producer.

UPDATE 1-Mali coup leaders threatened with new sanctions

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:26:37 +0000

* Accuse military offers of blocking return to civilian rule

Mali coup leaders threatened with new sanctions

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:52:53 +0000

* Mali's neighbours threaten to reimpose sanctions on ex-junta

Afghanistan no longer worst place for mothers - report

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:22:46 +0000

KABUL, May 8 (Reuters) - Better healthcare and more girls attending school have knocked Afghanistan from its position as the worst place on earth to be a mother, Save the Children said in a major report on Tuesday, but stressed the precarious nature of any gains.

ANALYSIS-Tuareg uprising in Mali threatens neighbour Niger

Thu, 03 May 2012 07:23:09 +0000

TCHINTABARADEN, Niger, May 3 (Reuters) - In the weeks since a sudden Tuareg revolt split Mali in two, officials in neighbouring Niger have been desperate to stop the Sahara uprising from spreading across their border.

Niger nationalises state telecoms firm

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:31:16 +0000

NIAMEY, May 2 (Reuters) - Niger's parliament voted on Wednesday to nationalise the west African nation's telecoms firm Sonitel, backing away from a planned privatisation after a previous 31 billion CFA francs ($62.16 million) accord with Libyan company LAP Green foundered.

UPDATE 1-Al Qaeda offers to free Briton if cleric released

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:22:07 +0000

DUBAI, April 30 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African branch has offered to free a British hostage in return for the release of radical preacher Abu Qatada but warned London against handing him over to his native Jordan, a statement on an Islamist website said on Monday.

Niger uranium workers threaten to expand strike

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:11:16 +0000

NIAMEY, April 26 (Reuters) - Niger's uranium workers union on Thursday threatened to shut down all of the West African state's uranium production if a labour dispute at French nuclear power giant Areva's Imouraren mining project was not solved soon.

Scientists call for rethink on consumption, population

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:01:00 +0000

LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Scientists have called for a radical rethink of our relationship with the planet to head off what they warn could be economic and environmental catastrophe.

Strike halts work on Niger Imouraren uranium mine

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:19:42 +0000

NIAMEY, April 25 (Reuters) - Workers at Areva's Imouraren uranium mining project in Niger began a week-long strike over labour conditions on Wednesday, union and company officials said, halting construction at the site.