N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Nearly a fifth of the population in Chad will suffer food shortages this year, part of a broader hunger problem looming in the Sahel region, the United Nations said Thursday. "Two million Chadians, or 18 percent of the population, are in a situation of food insecurity," said Michele Flavigna, the U.N.'s representative in Chad told ...

A delegation of the junta in Niger on Thursday began a tour of several west African countries, exactly a week after it came to power after ousting President Mamadou Tandja, state radio reported. Junta leader Major Salou Djibo, proclaimed head of state late Monday, "has mandated Colonel Hassane Mossi to visit Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Burkina Faso", La Voix du ...

Niger's newly-appointed civilian prime minister said Wednesday he had asked his military bosses for guarantees on a return to real democratic rule and said a new government of "technocrats" would be in place soon. "I have asked for the necessary guarantees to be sure of committing myself in the process leading to a real restoration of democracy," said Mahamadou ...

Niger's newly-appointed civilian prime minister said Wednesday he had asked his military bosses for guarantees that they will return the west African uranium exporter to "real" democratic rule. "I have asked for the necessary guarantees to be sure of committing myself in the process leading to a real restoration of democracy," said Mahamadou Danda, in his first public comments ...