Local Niger News

On-line Sources

• African Center for Meterological Applications for Development (ACMAD)
• africanews.org - Niger news from the Panafrican News Agency (PANA).
• Baobabinfo - An on-line newsletter produced in Niger, which features news, reviews and other items including online news of the state owned Radio Station Voix du Sahel and several private radio stations. Disponible en français and now also available in English.
• BBC Worldservice - Niger page. Latest news links are on the right.
• Embassy of Niger in Canada - Official site of the Embassy of Niger to Canada. Includes information and news related to Niger as well as documentation of the embassy's consular services and access to the various forms required for visa and other matters. Bilingual. Still under construction, the English language side being the most complete.
• Embassy of Niger to the USA
• Hampel Geological Project Summaries - Project Summary page of the site of Wolfgang Hampel, an independent geological consultant who has done extensive work in Niger. The project summaries contain information and graphics related to Niger's mineral potential.
• Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) - UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs news on Niger.
• Le Republicain - PDF images of the major Niamey newspaper
• Les Internautes de Ténéré - A Nigerien site with sports news.
• Rassemblement des Nigériens au Canada - Site of the association of Nigeriens residing in Canada, revived in May 2004. The site is in French and has links to other diaspora Nigerien groups, pertinent immigration and education pages and Nigerien news sources.
• Stanford University - The excellent and very comprehensive page which forms part of Karen Fung's "Africa South of the Sahara Electronic Guide". It covers: news, history, geography, etc.
• University of Pennsylvania - The Niger Page on the UPenn African Studies site.