Web posts suggest lonely, depressed terror suspect (AP): AP - Internet postings purportedly written by a Niger... http://bit.ly/6Qzpmm

The Best Worst Places to Live: Norway vs. Niger (Graphic) (digg.com: Stories / Travel Places / Popular) - http://tinyurl.com/ydhund9

The Best & Worst Places to Live: Norway vs. Niger (Graphic) http://bit.ly/4Rlxxe

AlertNet: Niger arrests suspects in attack on Saudi travellers http://ow.ly/16eySv

Web posts suggest lonely, depressed terror suspect (AP): AP - Internet postings purportedly written by a Niger... http://bit.ly/627Ec1

Web posts suggest lonely, depressed terror suspect (AP): AP - Internet postings purportedly written by a Niger... http://bit.ly/7QO4Nx

Web posts suggest lonely, depressed terror suspect (AP): AP - Internet postings purportedly written by a Niger... http://bit.ly/4uYnvx

Three Saudi tourists killed in Niger attack - officials: Source:BBC news Three Saudi tourists have been killed .. http://bit.ly/5vaJQZ

The world's highest fertility rate is in #Niger, where women have on average 7.4 children. #fb

BBC #news Three Saudis die in Niger attack - Three Saudi tourists are killed and three more wounded in an attack by... http://ow.ly/16eg8n

Niger's gov't says gunmen kill 3 Saudi tourists (AP): AP - Unidentified gunmen shot dead three tourists from S... http://bit.ly/4FUcPY

Niger's gov't says gunmen kill 3 Saudi tourists (AP): AP - Gunmen shot dead three tourists from Saudi Arabia.. http://bit.ly/7qcDdZ

BBC News 'Saudi tourists killed in Niger': Three Saudi tourists are killed and three more wounded in an attack by u... http://bit.ly/8MjuEv

US removes trade benefits from Niger, Guinea, Madagascar as a result of democratic backsliding in the past year - http://bit.ly/8rbpbS

RT @streetrover: Obama terminated #AGOA for #Guinea #Madagascar & #Niger http://bit.ly/7Jdfv6 // game over @bill_easterly, we tried #fb

RT @streetrover: Obama terminated #AGOA trade benefits for #Guinea #Madagascar & #Niger due to political turmoil http://bit.ly/7Jdfv6

[Blog Post] Africa Niger : Literacy classes for farmers http://toast.tw/100dp8

New blog post: Africa Niger : Literacy classes for farmers http://gatorurl.com/hy2eam

AFRICOM Comment on Bases Rumour « Algerian Review
A response to a response on alleged US bases in the Sahara: “Reports started circulating regarding the fact that the Algerian-American talks which were launched a few months ago when Algeria rejected the idea of a permanent base and when Algerian...

Islam and Women in Niger http://bit.ly/4B7HLE

«Aujourd’hui, nécessairement une transition s’impose: à compter du 22 décembre», déclare du RPN-Alakalami
RPN Alkalami party leader Issoufou Ousmane Oubandawaki , a former Minister who created a party to run in the 6th Republic elections is backing away from Tandja. He stresses, fairly, that though he supported the 6th Republic he has always called for...

Al Qaeda FARC Narco-Terrorism Criminal Charges filed by the U.S.
PDF of the Official Complaint, filed 15 December, Southern District of New York (Manhattan)

Blog: sterlinginafrica.blogspot.com
The fascinating blog -- now just wrapping up -- of a Peace Corp volunteer to Niger in a Zarma village, Filingue department, Tillaberi region. Read the old entries for a beautiful picture of village life. His recent stories of travel to Tahoua and out...

Peace Corp member reports from Filingue, Niger | Carroll County Comet
"Niger’s harvest this year was particularly bad. In the Ouallam department, which is just west of my village, there wasn’t really ANY harvest, let alone a bad one. As a result, the Fulan herders came back from the pasturelands earlier and fed...

"Niger national heads US rights body in Togo"
The US government run NDI has given a job in Togo to one of the main human rights campaigners in Niger, Dr Badié Hima. Dr. Hima is a sociology professor, and best known for his leadership of the ANDDH, a coalition of the main Human rights groups in...

AFP: Demonstrators call on Niger president to quit
AFP reports peaceful CFDR march in Niamey consisted of "Tens of thousands".

Issikta -Touaregs/Bruxelles - Sahara: La paix a Agadez /La désillusion?
Issikta -Touaregs interviews young ex-combatants waiting for demobilization in camps near Agadez. "The comments [by former fighters] that our editorial team has collected are unusually violent at times, and all blame the Libyan government, and...

JME Gallery: Nigeria
Skin Marking Practices of Ethnic Groups in Nigeria: An Annotated Bibliography (mostly from recent academic sources)

The Daily Free Press - BU cancels Niger program for spring, citing State Dept. advisory
"Boston University International Programs have officially canceled the Niamey International Development Program in Niger for the spring 2010..." The students were to be at Abdou Moumouni University in Niamey, so entirely safe. But still, bad...

US creates African enemies where none were before - CSMonitor.com
CSMonitor.com By David Gutelius / July 11, 2003

Issikta -Touaregs/Bruxelles - Sahara: Nucléaire : les mensonges de Mme Lauvergeon
CRIIRAD statement on the attempts by AREVA and France to push nuclear power in Copenhagen. "La CRIIRAD dénonce ces affirmations erronées et demande à Mme Lauvergeon de prendre des mesures urgentes pour traiter les sites contaminés par les...

The Problematic succession in Niger's ANDP-ZAMAN LAHIYA
l'Opinion has this interesting article on the succession in Niger's ANDP-ZAMAN LAHIYA (Alliance Nigérienne pour la Démocratie et le Progrès) party. ANDP was a split from the ruling MNSD at the moment of democratization (1991), when Mamadou...

Pouvoirs locaux au Niger. Tome 1 : A la veille de la décentralisation (Les)
Published this month from the Karthala "Voix d'Afrique" collection. <br />*Jean-Pierre OLIVIER DE SARDAN & Mahamam TIDJANI ALOU (dir.). Pouvoirs locaux au Niger. Tome 1 : A la veille de la décentralisation. ISBN :...

TG World Reports Niger Security Warning Lifted in Agadez Region-Re-Commencement of Drilling Program Being Assessed - Yahoo! Finance
"TG World Energy Corp. has been advised by the Operator of the Tenere Block in Niger, Africa, CNPC International (Tenere) Ltd., a unit of the China National Petroleum Company, that the Security Warning that has prevented any drilling in the Tenere...

Les Etats-Unis suspendent leur aide au Niger de Mamadou Tandja , Afrique - Information NouvelObs.com
The US funded US Millenium Challenge Corp. for Niger has frozen their funding to programs in Niger, and will begin a study of whether it should also end all planned programs there. Yearly MCC funds, going to anti-corruption initiatives and primary...

Scandale dans l’affaire du Hadj / 2009: Vers la levée de l’immunité parlementaire du trésorier général Siddo Elhadj
Niger Assembly member Siddo Elhadji to have his immunity withdrawn as part on the investigations into the 2009 Hadj scandal. As in most years, there's a scandal over stranded defrauded pilgrims, missing funds, and shady dealings. This time the...

Football/ Mena d'or de la saison 2008-2009 : la FENIFOOT récompense l'excellence
End of year ceremony for the Niger football leagues. Champion: Sahel SC, second-place: AS FAN. Second Division Champion: Dankassawa de Maradi. Draw for next year (the top league plays in two groups of 10, then top from each play for championship): Group...

Guinée : « Wankage » à Conakry - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso
A reference to General Daouda Malam Wanke. I intend to use the word "Wankage" as much as possible :: :: "Pourquoi avoir refusé l’avion médicalisé d’Abdoulaye Wade, tout en acceptant le médecin sénégalais ? Un pathos ne venant...

BRIEF-Soccer-Niger name Amadou as national coach | News by Country | Reuters
Hamey Amadou (?) is new MENA coach. This comes after Niger got to the final of a West African invitational cup, losing 1-0 to Senegal. Here's hoping for steady improvement.

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgkcqq8f_5f5d5tn8k niger is in the bible... dont trip its talking about blacks, negroes, it means black!

@Mdotwrites niger women are bed wenches for white men and concubines not real wives.. they are spoils to the white man of our destruction!

@RevRunWisdom niger u full of mans philosophy u better read Isaiah 30:9-22

Japan Times: Mixed Matches: “Emmanuel Gbevegnon met his wife, Eriko Hidaka, in 1995 in Niger. Eriko, a n.. http://bit.ly/5VLt81

Instruments shouldn’t die…
Lors de ce dernier Womex, j’avais prévu d’assister au showcase de Mamane Barka, que j’avais croisé dans le hall de l’hôtel avec son instrument étonnant. Malheureusement, un rendez-vous plus long que prévu m’en a empêché. Je me rattrape...