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African slum dwellers get boost to improve living conditions

Published in Monday April 22nd, 2013 In In the media

Unveiled on Tuesday during the ongoing UN-Habitat’s Governing Council in Nairobi, the Community Managed Development Fund targets close to 800,000 slum dwellers living in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Burkina Faso, Kenya and Niger provide funds for slum upgrading initiatives

Published in Friday October 5th, 2012 In In the media

October 04, 2012 In order to support the implementation of tangible actions that will help in the improvement of the living conditions for slum dwellers, Burkina Faso, Niger and Kenya recently made financial contributions to the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme. Burkina Faso committed to provide USD 800, 000, thus setting the record as the highest […]

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In Niger, flooding adds to humanitarian woes

Published in Monday October 1st, 2012 In In the media

September 29th, 2012 Already beset with a severe hunger crisis, the West African nation of Niger is now grappling with the worst flooding in 80 years. At least a half-million people have been displaced, according to the aid agency Oxfam, and cholera rates are expected to rise. More than 80 people have died in the floods, […]

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West African Floods Bring Back the Same Old Problems

Published in Thursday September 13th, 2012 In In the media

September 12, 2012 This story was written under the auspices of the TRF/NORAD Journalism Training project. Amid the commotion in the flooded Saga district of Niger’s capital Niamey, on the left bank of the Niger river, Issa Ali and his two wives are scrambling about in the water. With their four children already safe from […]

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