By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Journalduniger
Australian company Infini Resources Limited is interested in the potential of Niger's mining sector and has sent a delegation to the relevant authorities. The move illustrates foreign companies' interest in the country's mineral resources, according to Journalduniger.
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Four diplomats from West Africa, the Gulf, the Middle East and Northern Europe were received in Niamey, according to Journalduniger. The diplomatic event involved representatives of Ghana and Norway, among others, and took place with Nigerien authorities on 14 October 2026.
🇳🇪 Niger · Source: Journalduniger ·
The National Communication Observatory (ONC) handed 18.5 million CFA francs to the Fund for Solidarity to Safeguard the Homeland. The cheque was handed over on 16 October in Niamey to the fund’s president, Réki Djermakoye, according to Journalduniger.
🇳🇪 Niger · Source: Journalduniger ·
Niger’s Council of Ministers examined eleven recommendations from the Consultative Council for the Refoundation, notably concerning the 2026 agricultural campaign and securing the supply of petroleum products. The authorities mentioned measures to address conflicts over the use of pastoral areas and the continued development of water points, according to the Council of Ministers’ statement.
🇳🇪 Niger · Source: Niger Inter ·
Nigerien President Abdourahamane Tiani signed, on 14 October 2026, an ordinance defining the missions of the National Observatory for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The institution will be able to visit places of detention, report violations to the authorities and help victims access legal assistance, according to a statement from the General Secretariat of the Government relayed by Aïr-Info Agadez.
🇳🇪 Niger · Source: Tamtaminfo ·
Moussa Kaka: journalists’ association calls for investigation in NigerThe Togolese association Journalistes pour les droits de l’homme is asking Nigerien authorities to disclose where journalist Moussa Kaka is being held, the conditions of his detention and the allegations against him. Its president is also calling for a judicial investigation, after Niger’s justice minister said Kaka was alive in detention, RFI reports.
Guinea-Bissau to start vulnerable family aid payments on 20 OctoberGuinea-Bissau’s Directorate of Social Protection, Solidarity and Family has postponed the start of the fifth payment under the Vulnerable Family Programme to 20 October, after it was initially scheduled for 19 October. Payment is therefore due to begin on Tuesday, the administration said in a statement relayed by Rádio Somos Todos Primos.The week in Africa
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