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Nicola Lo Calzo: Capturing Africa through the lens
December 1, 2011
With his striking portraits of Nigerians working and worshipping near the Niger River—a poignant photomontage entitled “Inside Niger”—award-winning 31-year-old Italian photographer Nicola Lo Calzo shines light on the humanity and spirituality of everyday people. Through slaughterhouses, fishing resorts, Catholic churches, tanneries and more, Calzo creates startlingly personalized portraits of local Nigerians. Equally revealing is his 2010 photo series “The Promising Baby,” images detailing the lives of ostracized albinos in Cameroon.
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Tags: IMF Executive Board Completes Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Niger and Approves US$5 Million Disbursement
April 9, 2011
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed its third review of Niger’s economic performance under a program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) The Extended Credit Facility (ECF) has replaced the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) as the Fund’s main tool for medium-term financial support to low-income countries by providing a higher level of access to financing, more concessional terms, enhanced flexibility in program design features, and more focused streamlined conditionality.
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Niger coup: “Tandja is not in a good position”
April 9, 2011
Niamey, the capital of Niger has been hit by a coup d’état. The President Mamadou Tandja and his Cabinet Ministers who were holding an extraordinary meeting at the time of the attack are believed to be held by soldiers within the confines of the presidential palace.
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Niger: Military class gets mixed reactions after coup
April 9, 2011
There is now an issue of militarism versus autocracy in the wake of Niger’s Coup d’état. The African Union and the international community condemn both forms of government and encourage democracy.
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Niger: Military seek short transition
April 8, 2011
United Nations delegations and representatives from the West African regional body Ecowas have been assured by the new government in Niger under a senior army officer, Col Salou Djibo, that democracy and a rule of law will be restored in the country.
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US-Niger: William Fitzgerald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs on Seizure of Power in Niger
April 8, 2011
US-Niger: William Fitzgerald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs on Seizure of Power in Niger
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Niger’s new government changes course
April 7, 2011
Twenty ministers, including five women and five military officers are part of a new interim government cabinet appointed Monday by Mahamadou Danda, the head of Niger’s new government. Most members of this team are unknown and from the Nigerien diaspora.
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Terrorism in Africa: Best way forward is economic development
April 6, 2011
Representatives from seven African countries met, Tuesday, March 16, in Algiers to assess the security situation in the Sahel-Saharan region. Participants at the conference stressed the urgent need to address economic development in the region.
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Niger-Mali: ICRC to assist over 100,000 victims of violence and economic hardship
April 6, 2011
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching extensive assistance programmes for more than 100,000 people affected by adverse weather conditions and violence in northern Niger and Mali. They are among millions of people, mainly farmers and herders, hit hard by poor rains and economic hardship. Continuing communal violence in some areas has added to the strain.
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Warrantage scheme boosts Niger farm incomes
April 5, 2011
An ingenious financing scheme designed by FAO to allow African smallholder farmers to make more money is to be scaled up in Niger, where it was pioneered, and extended to Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal.
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