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Niger Economy of Niger The economic system is based upon planning but accords an important role to private enterprise. The three main policy objectives are the maintenance of national unity, the elevation of the living standards of the population, and the attainment of economic independence. The private sector of the economy consists partly of a multitude of small enterprises and partly of enterprises belonging to large French or international companies. Agriculture, forestr...

“On the individual level, some people disengage because their expectations – based on religious ideals or economic opportunities – have not been met. “For others, poor living conditions in the camps are a factor. The exposure to intensifying military offensives such as air strikes by Lake Chad Basin countries and the effective deployment of the Multinational Joint Task Force make the situation untenable,” the report partly read. It also said the terrorists also impose harsh restrictio...

How Deby’s death will affect the Sahel and beyond Henry Wilkins © French President Emmanuel Macron (L) welcomes Chadian President Idriss Deby at the Elysee Palace in ... French President Emmanuel Macron (L) welcomes Chadian President Idriss Deby at the Elysee Palace in Paris on November 12, 2019 [File: Francois Mori/AP Photo] Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – The sudden death this week of Chad’s longtime President Idriss Deby has thrown the country, as well as its neighbours ...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – The sudden death this week of Chad’s longtime President Idriss Deby has thrown the country, as well as its neighbours and international partners, into disarray. The 68-year-old died after succumbing to wounds sustained while commanding troops fighting off advancing rebels who go by the name Front for Change and Concord in Chad, or FACT, according to Chad’s military. Over the course of Deby’s three-decade hold on power, Chad has remained one of the poorest cou...

Five years in Maroua: Essential care in an ongoing crisis Format Since 2016, Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) medical teams have provided emergency surgical care and mental healthcare at Maroua regional hospital, in the Far North region of Cameroon, part of the Lake Chad Basin. The services provided by MSF teams here range from emergency trauma surgery for those caught up in conflict, to long-term surgical and rehabilitative care for people involved in car accidents, and...

Calls for negotiation, amnesty for bandits, senseless, bizarre — Ejiofor, ex DSS Director On By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA A former Director in the Department of State Services DSS, Barr. Mike Ejiofor has described as senseless and bizarre, the call by an Islamic Cleric, Abubakar Gumi that the federal government grants amnesty to armed Fulani herdsmen who have taken to terrorism in some parts of the country. This was as a former Political Adviser to the president and chieftain of the ruling All Pro...

Ex-DSS director: Calls for negotiation, amnesty for bandits senseless, bizarre YouTube A former Director in the Department of State Services DSS, Barr. Mike Ejiofor, has described as senseless and bizarre, the call by an Islamic Cleric, Abubakar Gumi that the federal government grants amnesty to armed Fulani herdsmen who have taken to terrorism in some parts of the country. This was as a former Political Adviser to the president and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Alhaji ...

22 Dec 2020 Members of the Nigerian Islamic terror group Boko Haram have established close ties in neighboring Cameroon’s political and business circles in recent months, a Cameroonian government official said, Voice of America (VOA) reported over the weekend. “Midjiyawa Bakari, governor of Cameroon’s Far North region, on Nigeria’s border, says that within the past two months, Boko Haram has been establishing ties with top officials of his region. He spoke via a messaging app from the...

  Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside Nigerian ambassador to Chad, Zannah Umar Bukar Kolo, on Wednesday, met President Idriss Debby of the Republic of Chad over the repatriation of thousands of Nigerian refugees, the majority from Borno, who in batches, fled killings by Boko Haram since 2014. The meeting, which held at the presidential palace in N’Djamena, was also attended by the Chadian ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Abakar Saleh Chahaimi. “I am here in Chad to see our...

ON THE GO Daily COVID Tracker: Nigeria records zero death, and China to combine vaccines China is considering mixing its COVID-19 vaccines to boost their efficacy. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Monday.Advertisement India bans exports of remdesivir as COVID-19 cases surge India... Ubon Udoh appointed CEO of ASR Africa Ubon Udoh has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the Abdul Samad Rabiu’s Initiative, Africa Fund for Social Research and Developme...