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African Countries Need More PhD Graduates but Students Are Held Back By a Lack of Money and Support

[The Conversation Africa] Over the past 15 years there's been an increasing demand from within and outside the higher education sector for African countries to produce more PhD graduates. For this to happen, it's important to know what's holding people back from pursuing or completing their doctoral degrees. The authors of a new review article did just that, with a focus on South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Nigeria. Five themes emerged from their work: PhD candidates' sociodemographic profiles, access to funding, the

Niger Resists in the Crosshairs of Sanctions and Climate Catastrophe

[African Arguments] How is Niger enduring the consequences of unprecedented floods last year that devastated an economy already crippled by sanctions?

TotalEnergies CAF CHAN 2024 - Know Your Team: Niger

[CAF] Niger, a semi-finalist in the last edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Nations Championship, heads to East Africa with lofty ambitions.

Niger Coach Harouna - 'I Think That After a Semi-Final, We Have the Right to Dream of the Holy Grail'

[CAF] Niger's national team coach, Doula Harouna, is dreaming big ahead of the 2024 TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) scheduled from February 1 to 28, 2025, in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Sahel - Always and Still Conflicts

[Centre 4s] Since 2005, the Sahel remains again and again weakened by terrorism! Due to the environment degradation, it is expanding and terrorism is spreading, taking root, and becoming commonplace. This context exposes and further weakens this vast area composed of countries that are often poorly structured to face the multiple ambitions and internal and external threats of more organized, more determined actors announcing to all attractive promises down here and beyond. The continued rooting and expansion of that

Nigeriens Express Trust in Police, but Highlight Corruption and Excessive Force As Failings

[Afrobarometer] Growing share of citizens report feeling unsafe and fearing crime.

Diplomatic Pathway to Nigeria-Niger Tango Over France

[Vanguard] Barely a month after Bola Ahmed Tinubu's inauguration as Nigeria's President, he was elected Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority held in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, taking over from H. E. Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of The Republic of Guinea-Bissau. It was a pivotal time in the sub region's history as that same month, Niger's erstwhile pro-Western leader, Mohammed Bazoum, was ousted in a military coup, with the new military

What's Happening in Niger - Inside the Struggle for Independence From French and Western Neocolonialism

[People's Dispatch] After expelling the French military, the people of Niger are fighting to overthrow the remaining colonial structures

Benin Republic - Govt Protests 'Terrorist' Remarks By Niger Junta Chief

[Daily Trust] Benin on Tuesday protested remarks by Niger's ruling junta chief accusing its neighbour of involvement in terrorist acts and summoned a Nigerien diplomat "for clarifications".

De-Escalating Tensions Between Nigeria, Niger Republic

[This Day] Tensions between Nigeria and Niger worsened recently as the foreign minister of the former French colony accused Nigeria of facilitating efforts to destabilise the junta-led nation.

Fierce Rivalries and High Stakes As TotalEnergies CHAN 2024 Qualifiers Reach Climax

[CAF] The stage is set for an electrifying weekend as the second-leg matches of the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers unfold.

Niger and Sudan Qualify for TotalEnergies CHAN 2024

[CAF] Niger became the latest team to secure a spot in the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) following a goalless draw against Togo in their second-leg encounter on Friday.

Again, Nigeria Denies Colluding With France Against Niger

[Premium Times] "Any attempt to blackmail Nigeria over ECOWAS's principled stance against the unconstitutional seizure of power in the Niger Republic is both disingenuous and doomed to fail."

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Reaffirms ECOWAS Withdrawal

[allAfrica] The leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger reaffirmed that their decision to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is irreversible, reports Russian news agency TASS.

Nigeriens Seek More Government Action On Climate Change

[Afrobarometer] Large majorities say their region has seen more intense droughts and floods during the past decade.

Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council Briefing on West Africa and the Sahel

[U.S. Mission to the UN] New York -- AS DELIVERED