The Ever-Growing Deserts of the World! Is the earth about to die?

By, Uwe Paschen.   An Old saying states, “that forests came before human beings, deserts followed them.” Desertification is becoming a major problem as more and more of the world's land surface is...

Desertification Part II, the History of the Sahara Desert! (Attem

By, Uwe Paschen. The History of the Sahel Desert is a very long and fascinating one as well! Human have lived, hunted and farmed here for the longest time of all areas on this Planet Earth! The first Humans...

The end of the Tuaregs in Niger, Chad, Mali and Cameroon, Algeria

By Uwe Paschen. Soon we will see a title such as "the last of the Tuaregs" due to the fact that no one seems to care nor speak up for them and maybe because they do not have a country of their own with lots of...

The Last Christmas.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Christmas Eve in Niger.  I do have some good memories of what Christmas was when I was a Child and even as our Children where still Young, yet the last time we managed to have our...

The 4th of July only for those that can tweet.

By, Uwe Paschen. The forgotten people by Tweeter on the fourth of July may be fund in Niger. Wile the USA celebrates ideals such as Liberty and Freedom as well as Equality and Justice, most of the World Citizen...

Fowler, former Al Quaida hostage, questions Canada's Afghan msn

Robert Fowler, a Canadian diplomat, who had worked for three Canadian Prime Ministers was captured by Al Quaida and spend 130 days in captivity in Niger.  The details for his release were not known. ...

Niger Crisis escalating after EU suspends all aid to the Country.

By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...

Civil War is unfolding in Niger. (Update 3)

By, Uwe Paschen.  Niger is once again in trouble and this time it is of the highest concern to all involved. Causing all alarm bells to ring laud and clear with the OUA, the UN and the EU. This seems to be...

Freedom/Liberty, The Abused Ideal!

Freedom/Liberty,  The abused Ideal. By, Uwe Paschen.  How often have we heard those words and used them our self? They can be traced back to the antiquity and yet many do not know their origine even less...

The Virtual Family Reunion.

By, Uwe Paschen. The virtual Family reunion.  Yesterday was my Mothers Birthday and with only my Brother, Sister in law and nephews leaving with her nowadays due to the fact that most of us are scattered around...

UN Hostage released in West Africa.

By, Uwe Paschen.  The U.N. news centre confirms the release of Robert H. Fowler and Louis Guay abducted and held Hostage in Niger since last December 14th 2008, when they where kidnapped 40 km of this country...

India signs new Pact with Niger over Uranium Mining.

By, Uwe Paschen.India is now taking part in the Uranium exploitation in Niger. A new pact has been  signed between the two countries.  India has just signed a contract with the Niger Government in Niamey to...

in Niger, a War for What Is Beneath the Desert.

Now for once I did not write my self about Niger and the Tuaregs, no this is an article published in the Herald Tribune, the Global edition of the New York Times. This article called "in Niger, a war for what's...

Niger, Freedom of the Press, only an illusion!

By, Uwe Paschen.Well, as I opened the news channel this morning I fund out that Niger's Higher court had given another independent Journalist a suspended sentence this time and not the usual prison terms of 3...