Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan country in western Africa, named after the Niger River. Though rich in minerals, the country is two-thirds desert and prone to droughts. Inadequate nutrition and disease result in high infant and child mortality rates [source...
A whistleblower has accused oil giant Shell of concealing data on the health effects of two major oil spills on communities in Nigeria. In a letter seen by the Independent, Kay Holtzmann, a former employee at the company, said data gathered in the Bodo community which was devastated by two...
A 1903 letter from Lord Lugard to the colonial offices captures the attitude of the British to the arrival of populations from French occupied territories: “The advent of fresh inhabitants possessed of flocks and herds will mean an added resource of wealth to the British territory and impoverish...