M&G dream team: Meet the all-star Afcon line-up
Superstars have fizzled. Nobodies have sizzled. Here is the Mail & Guardian’s team of the tournament.
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Afcon: Underdogs Burkina Faso take on Nigeria for the Cup
A strong Nigeria team and surprising Burkina Faso outfit have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations final, both looking to lift the trophy.
Afcon: Mali trumps over Niger
Seydou Keita’s perseverance has given Mali a 1-0 win over Niger and the Africa Cup of Nations 2013 tournament its first goal.
Psychics pick Ghana to win, Niger hope to change fortune at Afcon
While Niger hope their fortune changes as they aim to end a losing streak, psychics have chosen Ghana to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
NGOs plead for aid as millions starve in the Sahel
Aid agencies say they are facing a multimillion-dollar funding shortage to deal with a food crisis in the Sahel in northern Africa.
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Sahel braces for potentially deadly hungry season
Sahel states are bracing for a long hungry season, many weakened by the return of people from Libya who are creating fresh strife.
Boko Haram bombers trained by al-Qaeda, says Niger
Members of the Nigerian terror group Boko Haram received explosives training at al-Qaeda camps in northern Africa, Niger’s foreign minister says.
Sahel region faces renewed drought crisis
Drought has again returned to the western shoulder of Africa, bringing hunger to millions, threatening to slip the Sahel region into crisis.
Report: Aid dithering doomed tens of thousands in E Africa
A damning report says the poor organisation of the aid response to the East African drought contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
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Offshore Nigeria spill came amid tanker-loading
A faulty pipe from an offshore oil field run by Royal Dutch Shell PLC near Nigeria’s coast spewed crude oil into the ocean for as much as 25 hours.
Gaddafi son in Niger on humanitarian asylum
One of Gaddafi’s sons has been granted asylum in Niger for humanitarian reasons, the country’s President Mahamadou Issoufou has said.
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Niger capital’s ‘green lung’ faces suffocation
The "green belt" of trees surrounding Niger’s capital, which was created to stop the advance of the Sahara desert, is dying a slow death.
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Don’t blame the broadcasters
South Africans were justifiably angry — national broadcaster SABC failed to secure the rights for the match between Bafana Bafana and Niger.
Gaddafi ducks, but where will he go?
Gaddafi is on the run. But nobody seems to know where he is, after Niger denied he was in the country, and Burkina Faso said he was not welcome there.
Coach is still proud of Bafana
Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane says he is disappointed they lost against Niger but says the team played well and he is still proud.
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Bafana eager to face Niger
Bafana Bafana are confident they will hand Niger their first home defeat in more than three years in an African Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday.
Bafana to face the heat in Niger
South Africa have been promised a hot reception when they land in Niamey for their penultimate CAF Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
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Nigeria’s oil-tainted Ogoni weary of blame game
The landscape of banana trees and a pineapple farm where some Ogoni live looks bleak, stained with oil, in air filled with dark smoke.
Nigerian president pledges to fight terrorism with Niger
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged cooperation to fight "terrorism" during talks with Niger’s leader.
Giving peace a chance
Niger’s Tuareg rocker Bombino has recorded an album drenched in the pain and suffering of the Tuareg rebellions, but it also offers hope
for peace.
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Niger’s Alphadi pushes African fashion to global scene
Niger is better known for its poverty, not fashion. But out of this dusty and arid nation has emerged a man as colourful as his creations, Alphadi.
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Over 2,6-million go hungry in Niger
Over 2,6-million people in Niger do not have enough to eat in the largely desert country which suffered one of its worst ever food crises in 2010.
Between two seasons of hunger
<b>Phillippe Latour</b> travels to the Zinder region, in eastern Niger, to talk to communities most affected by bad harvests and malaria.
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Big turnout urged as Niger votes for new leader
Niger’s junta leader called on voters to turn out massively Monday to close the door on military rule by electing a new, civilian president.
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French hostages in Niger killed in ‘cold blood’
Suspected al-Qaeda kidnappers killed two young French hostages in ‘cold blood’ during a failed rescue operation in the deserts of Niger.
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Too little, too late for Niger
This is the front line of what has been called "Africa’s world war". More than five-million people have died, mainly from hunger and disease.
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Niger: Animal graveyards and a struggle for survival
Tens of thousands of animals across Niger have died in the last few months; literally starving to death.
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Niger’s markets are full yet famine shadows dusty roads
Expensive imports and aid remain out of reach for 12-million people facing country’s worst food crisis in years.
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WFP scales up food aid to drought-stricken Niger
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is nearly doubling aid operations in Niger to feed eight million people who have been affected by a severe drought.
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Niger Junta arrests ex-ministers for alleged plot
Niger’s military junta has arrested a dozen close aides of former president Mamadou Tandja for allegedly plotting against the new authorities.
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Zuma condemns Niger coup
President Jacob Zuma on Friday condemned the military coup in Niger, which he said posed a security threat to the region.
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African Union condemns Niger coup
African Union chief Jean Ping on Friday condemned the military coup in Niger and said he was following developments "with concern".
