Niger News » Agadez Region News Niger » Agadez Region » Economy: Independent Evaluation confirms the significant impact of the UN Peacebuilding initiative on fostering cohesion in Niger
News channel or source: https://www.un.org/peacebuilding/en/content/independent-evaluation-confirms-significant-impact-united-nations-peacebuilding-initiative
Published on: Thursday 08 June 2023
An independent evaluation report published in October 2022 has highlighted that an IOM project in Agadez, Niger, financed by the UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), has helped contribute ...
News Niger » Agadez Region » Economy: People smugglers enriched in Niger’s Agadez after junta dumps EU migration deal
News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/396362/people-smugglers-enriched-in-nigers-agadez-after-junta-dumps-eu-migration-deal/
Published on: Tuesday 28 October 2025
One morning in late 2023, in an informal settlement in Niger‘s Agadez city, 49-year-old Bilal – a “passeur”, or smuggler who arranges migrants’ journeys to Europe – pocketed CFA200,000 ($350) from a ...