s general state of health. We've seen that preventative health programming – when made available in addition to nutritious food supplements and standard treatment for malnutrition – cuts mortality rates and reduces stunting. Niger, a landlocked country subject to recurrent food crises, has shown the way. Here more than 1 million children have been treated for severe malnutrition over the past five...
compensation for oil spills on the Niger delta. But Martyn Day, of Leigh Day law firm which is acting for the communities, said the case could still go to a full high court trial in London in 2014. The Shell petroleum development company of Nigeria (SPDC) has admitted liability for two spills from a pipeline in the Niger delta in 2008, but the company disputes the quantity of oil that was spilled...
s bomb attacks The former al-Qaida chief who was believed to have been killed after taking hundreds of oil workers hostage in Algeria, is behind the latest suicide bombings in Niger , according to reports. Statements attributed to Mokhtar Belmokhtar and his spokesperson have allegedly claimed responsibility for the blasts at a military barracks in Agadez and a French nuclear plant in Arlit, and threaten...
s Sahara desert. Cars packed with explosives were detonated at the same time almost 100 miles apart, killing at least 17 soldiers at a military barracks in Agadez, and injuring dozens at a plant owned by French nuclear firm Areva in Arlit. Niger's defence minister said the attacks were carried out by terrorist groups believed to have links with neighbouring Mali and Libya. "We suspect armed groups...
s branch in Africa kidnapped five French citizens working for the mining company. Witnesses said the vehicle carrying the explosives in Agadez blew up in front of a military barracks. "We heard a strong detonation that woke the whole neighbourhood, it was so powerful," said Abdoulaye Harouna, a resident of Agadez. "The whole town is now surrounded by soldiers looking for the attackers." In 2010, al-Qaida...