Überschwemmungen in der Sahara
29.08.2006
Niamey - Nach heftigen Regenfällen in den vergangenen Wochen haben in der westafrikanischen Republik Niger rund 10 000 Menschen ihr Zuhause verloren. Sie wurden wegen Überschwemmungen in der Wüste Sahara obdachlos. Wie die Regierung in Niamey mitteilte, war die Stadt Bilma mitten in der Sahara besonders stark betroffen. Allein dort seien 3400 Menschen obdachlos geworden ... mehr
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NIGER: Floods wreck fragile livelihoods
NIAMEY, 13 September (IRIN) - Torrential rains have washed away the mud-walled homes and livelihoods of 32,000 people in Niger this year, authorities said on Wednesday, nearly double the number previously known to be affected.
Seidou Bakary, coordinator of the government's food crisis response unit (CCA), told IRIN 32,742 people from 5,014 families have been affected in 49 towns and villages in the north, south and west of the vast, semi-arid country. Bakary said continuing rains mean parts of the Maradi, Dosso and Tillaberi regions to the southeast and northeast of the capital Niamey are now under water. In the town Ouallam, 100km north of the capital, 3,284 people have also lost their homes.
Flooding this year has menaced six out of Niger�s eight regions and the rains are still falling ... mehr
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NIAMEY, 13 September (IRIN) - Torrential rains have washed away the mud-walled homes and livelihoods of 32,000 people in Niger this year, authorities said on Wednesday, nearly double the number previously known to be affected.
Seidou Bakary, coordinator of the government's food crisis response unit (CCA), told IRIN 32,742 people from 5,014 families have been affected in 49 towns and villages in the north, south and west of the vast, semi-arid country. Bakary said continuing rains mean parts of the Maradi, Dosso and Tillaberi regions to the southeast and northeast of the capital Niamey are now under water. In the town Ouallam, 100km north of the capital, 3,284 people have also lost their homes.
Flooding this year has menaced six out of Niger�s eight regions and the rains are still falling ... mehr
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