In drought-racked Niger, the difficult search for water frequently falls to children as young as 10, and they often arrive late to school, or not at all.

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Zinder Journal: Niger Children Miss School to Search for Water

British aid agencies working in Niger are warning of a food crisis after severe crop failures across the impoverished country.

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Gunmen have abducted two French citizens from their hotel in the central Mali town of Hombori, in the first kidnapping south of the Niger river.

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TRIPOLI— Saif al-Islam, the favored son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, was arrested on the border with Niger while his supporters were trying to smuggle him out of the country, a Libyan commander said Saturday. Othman Maigeta, a brigade commander, confirmed that the once high-profile member of the ruling family was detained and taken to the mountain city of Zintan. The city is home to one of the largest groups of fighters that swept across the west of the country, ultimately toppling the regime in August. Read full article > >

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Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s son, arrested, Libyan commander says

TRIPOLI, Libya — A clash on the Libyan border left 14 people dead this week after a convoy loaded with heavy weaponry tried to cross from Libya into neighboring Niger, Reuters news agency reported Wednesday, citing security officials who said the convoy was made up of loyalists of Moammar Gaddafi. A statement by Niger’s government said that one Nigerien soldier was killed and that 36 assault rifles, 11 machine guns, three rockets and ammunition were seized when troops intercepted the convoy Sunday, according to Reuters. Read full article > >

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One of the sons of Libya’s fugitive leader is given refuge in neighbouring Niger, while Col Muammar Gaddafi’s whereabouts remain unknown.

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One of the sons of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saadi, arrives in neighbouring Niger, Niger’s justice minister says.

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Gaddafi’s son ‘arrives in Niger’

A son of the deposed Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi has entered Niger, crossing the desert from Libya, the Nigerian government said Sunday.

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Qaddafi Son Found in Niger

As Interpol issued arrest warrants for the fugitive Libyan autocrat Col. Muammar Qaddafi and two others on Friday, reports came from Niger of a new convoy of high-ranking Libyan officials arriving across the desert.

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Interpol Issues Qaddafi Arrest Warrant as More Libyan Officials Flee

A senior Gaddafi loyalist general flees to Niger along with a group of senior officials, as Interpol issues an arrest warrant for Col Gaddafi.

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Gaddafi general ‘flees to Niger’

Fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi denies reports he has fled to Niger, as officials say he sold 29 tonnes of Libya’s gold during April or May.

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Colonel Qaddafi added to the confusion on Thursday, saying in an audio broadcast that he would never leave Libya and urging his supporters to continue to fight.

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Amid negotiations between rebels and loyalists in the town of Bani Walid, a convoy of top Libyan officials fled to Niger, the State Department said.

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Libyan Rebels Press Gains as Some Loyalists Are Said to Flee

ABUJA, Nigeria — A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations’ offices in Nigeria’s capital Friday, killing at least seven people and shattering part of the concrete structure. The brazen attack, carried out as the U.N. offices teemed with staff, comes as Africa’s most populous nation faces the growing threat of both homegrown and international terrorism. Militants from the country’s oil-rich Niger Delta and a radical Muslim sect from northeast Nigeria have carried out attacks in the country’s capital, though never on a foreign target. Read full article > >

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Police: Massive car bomb hits UN building in Nigeria’s capital, killing at least 7

A great deal more money, stemming from oil profits, has brought more questions than calm to the Niger Delta.

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Riches in Nigeria Lost After Arrival