Keita (Niger)

Type: City

Name: Keita (Niger)

Country: Niger

Latitude: 14.76

Longitude: 5.78

population: 8,961

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 1 reports

No 'magic wand' for Sahel as food shortages loom yet again

WFP says 2012's good harvest in Sahel not enough to alleviate deep-rooted poverty, as millions more face hunger this yearAid agencies are gearing up for a second year of emergency response in the Sahel where an estimated 10.3 million people could be affected ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: Sahel, Mali, Chad

First reported Feb 08 2013 - Updated Feb 09 2013 - 1 reports

Black Stars Take On Mali for Afcon Bronze

Photo: Chris Ricco/BackpagepixMubarak Wakaso of Ghana scores from a penalty against Mali, giving the Black Stars a routine assignment in their next match against Niger in their quest for a quarter-final place. Mali and Ghana will meet in the match nobody ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Feb 08 2013]

Entities: Mali, Ghana, John Paintsil, Keita (Niger), Nigeria

First reported Jan 21 2013 - Updated Jan 22 2013 - 1 reports

Nations Cup sees first goals, win

The Africa Cup of Nations stumbled into life on Sunday with goals, a victory and a glimpse of some of the treasures that may lie ahead in the next three weeks following Saturday’s turgid false-start.Included in those treasures would be Congolese goalkeeper ... [Published Taipei Times Online - Jan 21 2013]

Entities: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Niger

First reported Jan 21 2013 - Updated Jan 21 2013 - 1 reports

Eagles Make Heavy Going Against...

Port Elizabeth Mali were always going to have the upper hand over Niger in their opening game at the African Nations Cup but the laboured manner in which they finally clinched victory will be of concern."Les Aigles" were bronze medal winners at the last ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jan 21 2013]

Entities: Port Elizabeth (South Africa), Niger, Mali, Keita (Niger)

Quotes

"We can say there is a crisis already, just by the number of cases of malnutrition which we're dealing with in hospitals from Chad to Burkina Faso to Mali" said Alvaro Pascual, Sahel desk officer for Action Against Hunger

No 'magic wand' for Sahel as food shortages loom yet again [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 10 2013]

"Blaming other people is a waste of time and takes us nowhere," Keita says. "We did well against South Africa because we played as a team. We did not play well against Nigeria and there must be a collective sharing of the responsibility for that failure."

Black Stars Take On Mali for Afcon Bronze [Published AllAfrica.com - Feb 08 2013]