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 ...

Nomadic Peoples, New Series, Vol. 1, No. 1, Risk and Uncertainty in Pastoral Societies (1997), pp. 90-107 (18 pages) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

has called for a holistic approach to address poverty in Nigeria. Receiving a delegation from the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Front (NDPSF) in his office in Abuja, the minister said there was ...

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has described the private sector as a critical player in overcoming hardship in society.