By Chris Simkins Washington, D.C. 29 March 2006 watch Training report The U.S. Defense Department continues an ambitious military counter-terrorism program in nine nations across poor and largely Musl

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By Ricci Shryock Dakar 15 April 2008 Human-rights activists say a slavery trial in Niger last week brought local attention to the persistent problem, but a verdict is not expected until October. For VOA, Ricci Shryock reports from Dakar. Lawyer Helen

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AS IT IS 2013-05-28 Nigeria Struggles to Control Violence From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today, from Nigeria, government attempts to control violence by the Islamist militant group Boko Haramand pardons to mili

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 October 2006 Tensions in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta have flared in recent months as local communities accuse foreign oil companies and the government of reneging on promises to provide jobs and social amenities. Gilb

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By Selah Hennessy Dakar 24 September 2007 As part of a peace deal with militant ethnic Tuaregs in northern Mali, the country's government has pledged $2 million towards development. Analysts say long-awaited diplomacy and development aid is crucial i

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By Joe Bavier Niamey, Niger 20 April 2006 As part of a worldwide campaign against malaria, health workers in Africa are falling back on a proven weapon against the deadly disease: bed nets. While scie

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 20 February 2006 Oil instalation belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company in Odidi Niger Delta Militants in Nigeria's volatile, but oil-rich, Niger Delta say they have st

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 22 February 2006 watch Nigerian Oil report Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger River Delta claim to have struck again. Only days after kidnapping a group of foreign oi

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Al-Qaida's North Africa branch says it is holding captive two Canadian diplomats and four Western tourists kidnapped in Niger. Robert Fowler (file photo) The group calling itself al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb says it is holding Canadian diplomat R

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 31 October 2009 Massive environmental degradation has been the subject of heightened concern across southeast Nigeria as the region continues to be plagued by an erosion crisis that has grown worse over the years. Driving a

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Sahel Attacks Prompt Fears in France Over Energy Supply Since the 1970s, much of Frances energy supply has derived from the Sahel region of Africa. So recent attacks on Western commercial interests there have big implications, says energy economist M

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 08 September 2007 Civil society groups are marching in Niger's capital Saturday to demand that the French nuclear energy company, Areva, quit mining Niger's uranium. The march comes after months of government accusations that the

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By Kari Barber Dakar 10 January 2007 While current U.S. military attention is focused on removing possible al-Qaida cells in Somalia, some analysts say terrorist threats from other parts of Africa should also be closely monitored. They say Nigeria's

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By Phuong Tran Air Mountains, Niger 01 April 2008 Over the past year, desert nomad rebels in northern Niger have renewed violence against government targets in the uranium-rich Saharan region because of what the rebels say is continued neglect and di

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos 02 June 2007 One of the main militant groups operating in the Niger Delta says it will suspend hostilities for one month to allow the government of new President Umaru Yar'Adua to create a plan for peace in the oil-rich Niger D

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By Nico Colombant Okrika Island, Nigeria 21 May 2007 Militants and villagers in Nigeria's restive, oil-rich and lawless Niger Delta are pleading for help from the incoming government that takes power next week. They say dialogue and development are n

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By Catherine Maddux Washington 07 March 2006 watch Africa report While experts worry about a decline in much of the industrialized world's population, sub-Saharan Africa is among the few places where

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 05 October 2006 Renewed violence in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta has reportedly killed nine soldiers in the latest firefight involving militants and government troops. Nigerian seperatist rebels brandish weapons in a show

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 12 February 2008 A dozen West and Central African countries are pressing mining companies for a bigger share of growing revenues, discussing the issue with industry leaders during a two-day meeting this week in Guinea's capital,

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 15 September 2006 Nigerian oil unions say they could resume their strike, if the government fails to meet their demands. The unions suspended their strike Thursday, a day after it started. ----- A Nigerian army gunboat arri

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