The Niger Delta remains a stronghold for gangs and militant groups with strong opposition toward foreign oil companies and the government.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

At the top of the list is Niger, with 77% of males, 93.6% of females, we see the population, in terms of Gender, 86% of the adult population is illiterate.

位于最前列的是尼日尔，77%的男性以及93，6%的女性是文盲，而忽略性别看整体人口，86%的成年人是文盲。

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In addition,she says the U.N.agency is providing an initial two-week supply of food to 41,000 people in Niger.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The European Union, Niger's main aid donor, is contemplating severing ties to pressure Niamey to restore constitutional order.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

Niger's electoral commission says more than 92 percent of voters approved changes to the constitution allowing President Mamadou Tandja to run for re-election.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Niger's parliament and its constitutional court both told the president that removing term limits would be illegal.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Four countries with poor ratings last year were downgraded to the lowest category Chad,Malaysia,Niger and Zimbabwe.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

The World Food Program is distributing food to flood-affected victims in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Elsewhere, farmers have not fared as well. In Niger,the city of Agadez lost close to 400 hectares of land used for farming and cattle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Nigeria plans to offer inhabitants of the Niger Delta an extra 10 percent in oil and gas revenues in a bid to end the rebellion.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

ECOWAS is threatening sanctions. Secretary Clinton told reporters that the Obama administration is working with partners, including ECOWAS, to decide the best way forward in Niger.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

A statement by MEND said "a situation where the future of the Niger Delta is tied to the health and well-being of one man is unacceptable."

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

In Niger,400 hectares of farmland are underwater and 3,500 homes have been partially destroyed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

Analysts say this is a step backwards for democracy in Niger which could set a bad example for leaders in the rest of the West African region.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

On Monday,the ECOWAS mediator met with a Niger government delegation, also in Abuja as a prelude to a wider stakeholder forum on Niger at a later date.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

She also spoke of Washington's willingness to work with allies to end violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta and the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled Kivu regions.

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

Mr.Tandja says the referendum was a matter between himself and the people of Niger, a direct dialogue that did not include his political opponents or the international community.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Alphadi,who comes from Niger, is founder of the Festival of the Deserts.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Former Prime Minister Aboubacar Cisse speaks for the 41-member Niger opposition delegation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

To become a mother in Niger means a woman risks her life.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

UNICEF's Hilde Johnson says Niger is always at risk of famine.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

She's been traveling across sub-Saharan Africa for the last eight months, and everywhere she goes, from remote villages in Uganda to poor farmers in Niger, nearly everyone has a mobile phone.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Niger is an example of another forgotten country.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says armed with assault rifles and heavy machine guns raided an oil facility jointly operated by Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron in Rivers state.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

But security is still an issue after a warning in June by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta rebels suggesting that the safety of visiting teams and fans could not be assured.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The latest United Nations assessment of West African flooding says more than 150 people have been killed many in Sierra Leone and that others there and in Senegal,Burkina Faso, Ghana and Niger are also seriously affected by rising flood waters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08