Topic: Niger

AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-13 19:10:15

Algeria is to host foreign ministers from the Sahara and Sahel on Tuesday for talks on fighting "a resurgence" in acts of terror, the Algerian Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Ministers from Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania and Niger are due to take part in the conference, the ministry said in a statement quoted by Algerian news agency APS. In ...

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Reuters US Online Report Business News | 2010-03-13 17:51:42

NIAMEY (Reuters) - The new junta ruling in Niger, one of the world's biggest uranium producers, should review and possibly renegotiate dozens of resource exploitation contracts, civil rights groups said on Saturday. The West African state, which produces 7.5 percent of the world's uranium, has a longstanding partnership with French nuclear group Areva <CEPFi.PA> as ...

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AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-12 19:10:21

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed Friday a suicide bombing raid on a military outpost in western Niger earlier this week that killed five soldiers and three attackers, monitors said. A Malian security source had previously singled out the Algerian extremist group that has aligned itself with Al-Qaeda as having masterminded the attack, which took place close to the Niger-Mali ...

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AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-11 18:10:18

The African Union wants Niger's military junta to free President Mamadou Tandja, overthrown in a February 18 coup, the body's peace and security chief Ramtane Lamamra said Thursday. "It's a constant source of preoccupation for the AU... it's both a moral and a political obligation," Lamamra said after an AU Peace and Security Council meeting. "We ...

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Algeria to host conference on terror

IOL, South Africa | 2010-03-13 16:04:22

Uranium Major Niger Urged to Review Contracts

ABC News | 2010-03-13 14:30:46

Africa's local players eye international glory

Yahoo! News | 2010-03-12 17:37:58

Bans in Niger polls

News 24, South Africa | 2010-03-12 13:30:01

A Passion for Wrestling in Niger

AllAfrica.com | 2010-03-12 05:09:03

Niger replaces governors with soldiers

Mercury, South Africa | 2010-03-11 23:17:14

Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 2: Nuclear Power

Enterprise Resilience Management Blog | 2010-03-12 08:17:01

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