In Partnership With Germany, UN Agency Launches Niger Community Cohesion Initiative

Niger is impacted by increased levels of insecurity and instability linked to violent extremist organisations. Like neighbouring Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, the troubled country is also facing other obstacles such as lack of employment, scarcity of food and inter-ethnic tensions. Niger is one of Africa’s largest countries, and one of its poorest. It is an […]

Niger: Still A Volatile Territory, But…

Lack of effective border control and tensions over limited available resources are currently making Tillabéri a volatile area. Ethnic conflict has been a determining factor in the development of violent extremist organisations (VEOs) and criminal groups that occupy and regularly cross the region’s border areas. Tillabéri is however, located in southwest Niger. It straddles Niger’s […]