Niger halves clinic childbirth blood-loss deaths
Researchers working with the ministry of health in Niger say they have managed to more than halve the number of women who are dying due to blood loss after giving birth in health facilities. Blood loss has long been the biggest cause of maternal deaths in Niger and many other developing nations. Over the last […]
High-level ECOWAS mission dispatched to Niger to review situation of stranded migrants
A high-level mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) led by Prof. Fatou Sow Sarr, Commissioner of Human Development and Social Affairs of the ECOWAS Commission, will visit the Republic of Niger to review with the Niger authorities and the International Office for Migration (IOM) the situation of the region’s citizens stranded in […]
Togo deploys troops to contain security threats from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
About 15 assailants and eight soldiers were killed during a “terrorist” attack last week in the north of Togo. Security Minister, General Damehame Yark said the troops have been deployed to the north of the country to contain a security threat pushing south from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger where groups linked to al-Qaeda and […]
