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CLEAN : Burkina president calls for development to fight terrorism
Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Kabore says during a visit to Berlin that the fight against terrorism needs good development programs especially in the areas close to Mali and Niger
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CLEAN : Niger sentences opposition figure to jail for baby trafficking
Hama Amadou, an opposition leader in the Sahel state of Niger is sentenced to a year's jail on a charge of baby smuggling after a trial that his attorneys denounced as a fix
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CLEAN : Sahel anti terror force sees teething problems in first mission
The maiden mission of a counterterrorism force that aims to tackle jihadist groups in the troubled Sahel experienced logistical problems but they are not insurmountable according to the military's first appraisal of the operation
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CLEAN : Niger hosts anti people trafficking Africa EU conference
Thirteen African and European countries and the EU agreed Friday that efforts to crack down on migrant trafficking to Europe should also focus on economic woes that prompt poor Africans to seek a better life in Europe
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CLEAN : People in Niger speak out against antisocial finance law
Hundreds of protesters march through Niamey and other cities of Niger railing against the 2018 finance law which they consider antisocial
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CLEAN : Thousands displaced after severe floods in Nigeria
Heavy seasonal rains have caused the Niger and Benue rivers to burst their banks inundating communities and farms and trapping tens of thousands of people in their homes
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CLEAN : Over 1,000 protest in Niger against
More than 1,000 demonstrators marched in the Niger capital Niamey on Saturday to protest against their country's unbalanced partnership with nuclear firm Areva as the French giant negotiates a new uranium mining agreement with the...
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CLEAN : West Africa's Fulani nomads fight climate change to survive
As droughts occur more frequently in Niger and access to water has become sparse - the centuries-old nomadic life of Fulani Wodabe herders is now threatened by climate change (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Threat of coronavirus hangs over Sahel displaced
The rise of coronavirus in Africa's war-torn Sahel has sparked sharp fears for the region's hundreds of thousands of displaced people, often packed inside camps. In the Senou camp, on the outskirts of Mali's capital Bamako (Footage by...
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CLEAN : W. African bloc to send envoys to Mali
The President of Niger and head of ECOWAS Mahamadou Issoufou announces that he has decided to 'immediately send a high-level delegation to ensure the immediate return of constitutional order' in Mali, following the coup d'Etat that...
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CLEAN : Niger pays final tribute to former president Mamadou Tandja
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou, former heads of state and foreign diplomats pay a final tribute at the presidential palace to former preisdent Mamadou Tandja, who died Tuesday in Niamey at the age of 82 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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CLEAN : Niamey residents share views on ballot reliability one day after vote
The day after the first round of the legislative and presidential elections in Niger, two residents of Niamey share their views on the organisation of the vote (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Niger's Bazoum: 'We are going to have a great revolution in Africa'
Niger's presidential favourite, Mohamed Bazoum, a former interior Minister and the right-hand man of outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou, calls for "a great revolution in Africa", and aims to bring back, by the end of 2021, the...
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CLEAN : Journalists at risk in war-torn African region, the Sahel
Recent killings and kidnappings of reporters in the Sahel have highlighted the severe risks faced by journalists in the war-torn African region, with some describing the work as "high-risk" (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Reactions day after Niger's presidential runoff
Nigeriens express "great pleasure" to see that "a civilian is going to hand over power to a civilian" for the first time in Niger, where voters chose between the favourite Mohamed Bazoum, outgoing president Mahamadou Issoufou's...
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VOICED : "Aïr Info", the tiny media group breaking news in the heart of the Sahara
In northern Niger, a vast, sparsely populated Sahara Desert region, a media outlet called "Aïr Info", created in 2002, has established itself as the leading news source on the Sahara, complete with its own radio station: Sahara FM...
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CLEAN : 'Balance of power' shifted in Niger's favour: president
The balance of power in Niger has shifted in the army's favour against the jihadists, President Mohamed Bazoum says during a visit to the country's hard-hit west (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Niger: At least 26 children left dead after school fire in Maradi
Teachers and parents are mourning the loss of 26 children who died in a fire at their straw and wood classroom school in Maradi, southern Niger (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Four wounded after Burkina Faso protest against French army
Four people were treated for gunshot wounds in Burkina Faso after French and Burkinabe forces tried to deter protesters trying to block a French army convoy, local sources say (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : UN's Guterres says 'full investment' needed to help Niger army
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says during a visit to Niamey that the international community "must invest fully" to help Niger's army fight jihadist groups that are targeting it and several neighbouring countries (Footage by...
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CLEAN : Niger hails military ties with Germany on Scholz visit
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum hails his country's military cooperation with Germany as a blueprint for other partnerships, after meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Niamey (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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More African troops arrive to bolster French soldiers in provincial capital
1. Tracking shot past convoy of newly arrived trucks of troops from Niger
2. Chadian soldiers walking in market street
3. Close of French soldier
4. Wide of Malian soldier standing near children and woman pumping water from well
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President of Niger calls for military intervention against Al Qaeda forces in Mali
1. Mid of French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian seated next to hosts of the European-American Press Club
2. Cutaway of audience
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Defence Minister:
"Concerning aerial support,...