Renewed flooding threatens Niger capital [1]

Radio Netherlands Worlwide - 11/29/12

Renewed flooding of the Niger river threatens Niger's capital Niamey and parts of the west of the country, local and regional authorities warned Thursday.

Previous floods in August and September claimed almost 70 lives across the impoverished west African country and made tens of thousands homeless.

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