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Flooding caused by heavy rains in Niger has killed at least 45 people this week and forced more than 226,000 from their homes.

Prelate in Niger Seeking Aid after Heavy Rains Cause Flooding, Deaths, Displacement

Sep 16, 2020

The Archbishop of Niger’s Niamey Archdiocese is seeking support to help “the disaster-stricken population” in his jurisdiction after heavy rains resulted in flooding, deaths of dozens and displacement of thousands.

President Mahamadou Issoufou addresses the nation over covid-19, March 17, 2020.

In Niger, COVID-19 will worsen “an already fragile health system”: Cleric

Mar 31, 2020

With 22 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three deaths recorded in Niger, a Society of African Missions (SMA) Priest ministering in the country has confirmed the fears of many critics of African countries that the global pandemic, which has claimed the lives of at least 37,780 people globally, will only worsen an already fragile health system in the landlocked west African nation.