Rapports

26 Oct 2010 15:57:20 GMT Source: Reuters * Local funding given new impetus by 2008 crisis * Potential for trebling cereal yields LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A growing African food sector can yield private sector returns on the back of government support,…

26 Oct 2010 19:11:54 GMT Source: Reuters * Six killed in attack blamed on herdsmen * Clashes in the region killed hundreds earlier in year By Shuaibu Mohammed JOS, Nigeria, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Attackers armed with machetes killed six people in a…

N=B0: 169/2010 25 October 2010 [Abuja - Nigeria] The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, on Monday, 25th October 2010 in Abuja presented a cheque for $ 291,000 US dollars to the Government of Nigeria to support of…

UN Foundation Founder and Chairman points to progress in Nigeria where cases of polio are down 98% in 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. (OCTOBER 25, 2010)-As Nigeria celebrates its 50th anniversary, UN Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner is in Nigeria from…

22 October 2010 - Nigeria is in the midst of its worst cholera outbreak in recent years, with nearly 40,000 cases and more than 1,500 deaths reported since the start of the year, the United Nations reported today. The number…

20 Oct 2010 14:10:11 GMT Source: Reuters * Infant death toll from lead poisoning at least 400 * New contaminated communities found * Villagers reluctant to accept gold mining to blame By Sahabi Yahaya ZAMAN GIRA, Nigeria, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Ibrahim Bello says he…

19 Oct 2010 14:32:59 GMT Source: Reuters * Secret service says caught five key suspects * Militant group issues new bomb warning * Attacks were planned in the Niger Delta By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Nigeria's secret service said on Tuesday…

Author: John Campbell, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies October 18, 2010 The car bombs detonated (Reuters) near Abuja's Eagle Square on October 1 ruined a high-profile military ceremony celebrating Nigeria's fifty years of independence and put President Goodluck Jonathan…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT - Torrential rains in the north cause flooding, damaging mainly sorghum and millet crops - New supplies from the recent harvest lower market prices

15 Oct 2010 18:20:29 GMT Source: Reuters * Most pressing issue is lack of election timetable * President says May 29 handover date is sacrosanct * Fear of possible outbreaks of political violence (Adds comment on timetable from president) By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Oct 15 (Reuters)…