Niger in Western Africa has been hit by double disaster. According to the United Nations, more than 110,000 people have been affected by the severe rains in the second week of August, and the flooding ...
Chances are you'll never get to go to Niger. I never thought I'd get to go there either. It's landlocked and mostly desert. The only non-African cities that offer direct flights are Paris and Istanbul ...
Niger, a vast desert nation that straddles both the Sahara and the troubled semi-arid Sahel, goes to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president and legislature.