Tag: #Niger
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Niamey: Bazoum wins presidential elections
Niamey, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): Former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum, the candidate of Niger’s ruling PNDS party, has won the presidential elections with 55.75 percent of the second-round vote, according to provisional figures published on Tuesday. Opposition candidate Mahamane Ousmane picked up 44.25 percent, Issaka Souna, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), said in…
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Seven from Niger electoral commission killed in blast: official
Niamey, Feb 21 (AFP/APP):Seven members of Niger’s electoral commission were killed Sunday when their vehicle hit a mine and exploded in the western Tillaberi region near Mali, the governor told AFP. “I had the news around midday (1100 GMT) that there were seven killed when the vehicle blew up on a mine. They are the…
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Things to know about Niger as it votes in a presidential election run-off
Niamey, Feb 21 (AFP/APP): Here are five things to know about Niger, which votes in a presidential run-off election on Sunday. Niger is among the world’s poorest countries, with its 22.4 million migrants who mainly consititute Muslims. For nine straight years it has ranked last out of 189 nations in the UN’s Human Development Index, which compares…
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Two Malian soldiers killed in highway blast
Two Malian soldiers were killed on Sunday in the violence-torn centre of the country when their vehicle hit a bomb placed by jihadists
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Pakistan’s Embassy in Niger Commemorates Kashmir Solidarity Day
Pakistan’s embassy in Niger has commemorated the Kashmir Solidarity Day.
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Pakistan to open Jinnah Park, Street Children School in Niger’s capital
Pakistan is going to open a street children school in Niger as a form of humanitarian assistance
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Niger Votes in City & Regional Polls After Jihadist Attack
Niger is voting in city and regional polls after a Jihadist attack.
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OIC strongly rejects the Indian RSS policies
Islamabad, 29th November: The OIC CFM has strongly rejected policies being pursued by India’s RSS-BJP regime. According to reports, whether the Kashmir issue was on the agenda of an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s meeting in Niger, the foreign ministers of the OIC’s member states reaffirmed support for the Kashmir cause. As per reports from the…
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FM Qureshi shared vision on Pak-Afghan relations
Islamabad, 27th November: On the sidelines of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Foreign Ministers meeting on Friday, Shah Mahmood Qureshi met his Afghan counterpart. According to reports, FM Qureshi informed his Afghan counterpart Haneef Atmar that the Shared Vision, the countries agreed upon during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Kabul would help to…
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40 killed in attacks in restive central Mali
Bamako, Feb 15 (AFP/APP): Forty people, including nine soldiers, have been killed in a spate of attacks in central Mali, authorities said Friday, with most of the deaths caused by inter-ethnic violence in the deeply troubled region. Thirty-one people were killed in an attack overnight in Ogossagou, a village mainly inhabited by Fulani people where…