Today, Niger is one of the world’s least developed countries. Its largely subsistence farming-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts, leading to severe food and water shortages.

Young men from Niger and elsewhere wait in a migrant “ghetto” in Agadez for a caravan to Libya. With low life expectancy, limited educational opportunities, and a high poverty rate ...

the Niger Delta region stands as a stark paradox: an area blessed with natural resources yet plagued by poverty, environmental degradation, and political mismanagement. With its rich history of ...

This alarming statistic places Niger among the states with the most significant educational challenges in the country. The contributing factors to this crisis are multifaceted. Poverty ...

Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu, has called for a holistic approach ...

The World Bank’s research highlights how cash transfers, combined with behavioral interventions, enhance economic resilience, ...

And the social and economic impact of the coronavirus could wipe out five years of development progress in all the Sahelian countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad). Nevertheless, over ...

Activists, including King Okabi of the Ogale community, have called for an end to oil giant Shell's pollution in the Niger Delta and demanded compensation as the trial between Ogale and Bille ...

Residents of Kogi, Nasarawa, and Niger states have expressed concern ... highlighted the role of poverty, unemployment, and weak policies in fueling the crisis. They stressed the need for economic ...

The 13% derivation fund allocation remained poorly managed, and there were few significant investments in infrastructure or poverty alleviation. The opportunity to transform the Niger Delta into a ...