# Niger

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Cholera

Flash flooding displaces thousands in Niger

Plan Ireland has said that children are at risk of waterborne diseases because of their weaker immune systems

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Aug 21st 2012, 2:11 PM

West Africa food crisis

Niger: Food crisis affecting 13 million in West Africa

Cereal production has fallen by as much as 62 per cent in some countries.

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Jul 7th 2012, 7:45 AM

Côte d'Ivoire

UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in Ivory Coast

Seven peacekeepers were killed during Friday’s ambushes.

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Jun 9th 2012, 5:09 PM

Food Crisis

Ireland gives €5 million in emergency funding to Sahel region

Ten million people are at risk from a growing food crisis in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria.

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Feb 20th 2012, 11:37 AM

Libya

Libya calls for extradition of Gaddafi son

Al-Saadi Gaddafi fled to neighbouring Niger after Tripoli fell to rebel fighters.

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Feb 11th 2012, 5:05 PM

AFCON

African Cup of Nations 2012 preview: Group C

Morocco and Tunisia will fancy their chances of booking places in the knockout stages, but Group C is bound to be tightly-contested.

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Jan 19th 2012, 12:58 PM

Libya

International Criminal Court dealing 'indirectly' with Gaddafi's son

The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court has said he is in indirect negotiations with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.

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Oct 28th 2011, 5:28 PM

Libya

Confirmed: Gaddafi's son flees across border to Niger

Authorities in Niger have announced that al-Saadi Gaddafi was captured by a military patrol after escaping from Libya.

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Sep 12th 2011, 7:16 AM

Where is Gaddafi?

Gaddafi denies leaving Libya in latest TV message

The ousted Libyan leader says the rebels who pushed him out are a “bunch of mercenaries, thugs and traitors”.

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Sep 8th 2011, 7:54 AM

Libya

Libyan troop convoy reaches Niger and heads for capital but is Gaddafi with them?

Gaddafi remains popular amongst some African tribes for his previous financial backing of them.

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Sep 6th 2011, 11:42 AM