Ed Kashi's work in the Niger Delta documents the existential nightmare of what oil wealth means in reality.
In 1972, he undertook with various actors (including the then 28-year-old Helen Mirren) a research tour of Algeria, Niger, Nigeria and Mali.
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Niger's government has said that four militants and three Niger soldiers were killed during the operation, which involved French forces and helicopters.
The kidnapping of foreigners and wealthy Nigerians is common in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, and has become a lucrative trade for criminals.
Meanwhile, more help for the French and African forces is being offered by the United States, which is sending Predator drones to Niger.
Nearly 2, 000 army personnel from Chad and Niger, with experience of fighting in the Sahara desert, are already helping consolidate the recent gains.
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Called "Agadez" -- named after the largest town in northern Niger -- Bombino's album honors Tuareg culture, the hardships of youth and love.
One of the main rebel groups fighting in the Niger Delta has called off its unilateral ceasefire, just weeks after announcing the truce.
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In early 2002, the Bush administration got word from a foreign intelligence service thought to be Italy's that Saddam Hussein had sought uranium in Niger.
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Even in Niger, West Africa, one of the poorest countries in the world, my Nigerien friends regularly send me emails from their smart phones.
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The 12 police officers were reported missing, presumed dead, after gunmen attacked a police boat in the creeks of the Niger Delta, officials said.
After independence, nine countries in the Niger River Basin in Africa created a joint river basin authority to cooperatively manage their joint water resources.
In 2009, then-Nigerian President Musa Yar Adua granted an amnesty to thousands of militants wreaking havoc in the oil-rich Niger Delta in the south.
On Thursday, French military spokesman Col Thierry Burkhard said a column of 1, 400 troops from Chad was heading towards Kidal from the Niger border.
Kashi, an American photojournalist, spent three years compiling his photos of the Niger Delta, making a total of five trips to the troubled region.
Meanwhile, Mali's inability to quell the insurgency on its own, combined with severe drought, has sent around 200, 000 people into Niger, Mauritania and Burkina Faso.
There will then be a meeting with nine leaders from African countries - Algeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa.
Additional documents relating to Niger's alleged uranium-trafficking to Iraq were apparently forged, though the Bush administration has to date not backed down from its allegations.
Chinese oil companies already have interests in Niger, while Libya is looking for external partners as it opens up its energy sector to foreign investment.
Two suspected militants were seized in last week's raid which resulted in the deaths of two French hostages in Niger, Niger's security sources have revealed.
Local activists in the Niger Delta, which produces most of Nigeria's oil, regularly kidnap oil workers for ransom or smash installations, sometimes seriously cutting production.
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Shell's local subsidiary is the top foreign oil producer in the Niger Delta, an oil-rich region of mangroves and swamps about the size of Portugal.
In Niger, President Issoufou fears armed conflict (and a tide of refugees) could spill into the country's northern regions and re-ignite its own Tuareg troubles.
Collaboration is expected to begin in Haiti, Mozambique, Niger and Pakistan.
Lutheran World Relief, a charity, is running cash-for-work schemes in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, in which workers build irrigation systems and replenish the soil.
Areva, which has been a target for Islamist kidnappings and attacks over the past three years, said Niger authorities would reinforce security around its production sites.
Niger's presidency was meeting Thursday to discuss how soldiers would help protect the country's vast uranium mines, said Ousmane Toudou, media aide to President Mahamadou Issoufou.
An email purportedly from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said it was responsible for the ambush in southern Nigeria on Friday.
Niger, Burkina Faso, Togo, Senegal and Benin are also among the countries that have pledged to send troops, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters Monday.
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