US President Barack Obama says at least 100 American military personnel have been dispatched to Niger to support French troops battling fighters in neighboring Mali.

Medical charities say that a Nigerien health worker was killed by kidnappers but five others have been released.

Recent floods in Niger have killed 91 people and inflicted significant damage on structures and farmlands.

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NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The Islamic Council of Niger asks Muslims not to attack Christian churches to protest the recent film on the Prophet Muhammad.

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HAWKANTAKI, Niger (AP) — Each day before the reaping, the 11-year-old girl walked between the stunted stalks of millet with a sense of mounting dread.

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NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's interior minister says that some of the international aid intended for the victims of recent floods has been stolen.

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A lawyer representing one of the sons of toppled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi confirmed that Niger has given al-Saadi Gadhafi permission to leave the country.

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The first foreign aid plane, bringing tents, mosquito nets and other relief items to victims of Niger's deadly floods, arrived Sunday in Niamey.

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At least 31 people have been killed and nearly 100,000 more left homeless by severe flooding that has affected Niger since mid-July, the UN's humanitarian affairs office said Tuesday.

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Reuters
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger has given a pay rise to tens of thousands of civil servants and cut the price of water and electricity in an effort to stave off social unrest in one of Africa's poorest nations, the government said.

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NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger would respect its commitments to the International Criminal Court if Libya's Muammar Gaddafi or his sons entered the country, the head of President Mahamadou Issoufou's cabinet told Reuters on Friday.