All stories related to Niger
ACT eyewitness account in Sahel
Feb 20, 2012
An audio interview with Paul Valentin from Burkina Faso on the region's deepening food crisis.
How to prevent another food crisis in Sahel
Feb 14, 2012
A video presentation of the Sahel Working Group report about the value of prevention
ACT in Niger
International organisations in Niger
Organisations funding work in Niger
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Diakonie Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
About Niger
- Population: 16 million (WB, 2011)
- Capital: Niamey
- Area: 1.27 million sq km (489,000 sq miles)
- Major languages: French (official), Arabic, Hausa, Songhai
- Major religions: Islam, indigenous beliefs
- Life expectancy: 50 years (men), 52 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc = 100 centimes
- Main exports: Uranium, livestock products
- GNI per capita: US $330 (World Bank, 2008)