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.)...

Why US President Obama Visits Ghana, But Not Kenya?

President Obama is scheduled to arrive in Ghana on late Friday Jul. 10 for a 24-hour visit.  While Kenya is President Obama's ancestral homeland, it is fitting that he has chosen the West African country for...

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...

Human Genome Research Advances Without Discussion of "Race"

Today, by reading scientific results of studies instead of sociological commentary, I have learned something about African people that I didn't know before: Africans are more diverse genetically than people anywhere else in the world, finds a study that "was funded by the...

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...

Pope Benedict Denies Condom Use Can Slow the Spread of AIDS

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Africa Tuesday to launch a two nation tour of the region.  In his opening address the Pope spoke of the need for unity among African nations in the face of the global economic...

High Potential for CDM Markets in Africa

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) program, developed under the Kyoto Protocol, is a method of combating climate change by encouraging sustainable development through market incentives.  It is essentially a...

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 whole family...

Has Canadian UN Envoy Been Killed or Kidnapped and by Whom?

By Uwe Paschen. http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6097716/Conflicting-claims-on-Niger-UN-envoy-kidnap  The Conflicting news about the UN envoy to Niger is no longer making any sense.The Official...

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...

Germany Doubles aid budget to Niger.

By, Uwe Paschen. The German Government has announced that it is now doubling its aid budget for the Republic of Niger as APA reported in Niamey, Niger....

Democracy Under Fire From Within. Niger Demonstration.

 By Uwe PaschenNiamey, the Capital City of Niger, has know a larger Uprising of people demonstrating by the Thousand's again their governments Plan to change the Constitutions allowing the President to remain in...

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...

Niger Army Admits Civilian Death! However not Genocide! BBC News!

source: BBC News World!(BBC article follows UP Article)Niger army admits civilian deathsBy, Uwe Paschen.Niger has admitted that the army killed seven Tuareg civilians at the weekend.The Government finally does...

Discrimination turning into genocide in Niger!

By Uwe Paschen.Moussa Kaka and Ibrahim Manzo both Journalist in Niger that have tried to report on the uprising of the Tuareg in the north of the Republic of Niger have now been in prisoned for almost a year....

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