Floods hit Southeast Niger [1]

iol news - 1/03/13, SAPA

A riverboat ferrying passengers crosses the Niger river in Mopti in Mali. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis).

Niamey - Flooding in southeast Niger, the landlocked West African country known for periodic drought, has affected more than 8 000 people and cost millions in lost agricultural output, the UN said Thursday.

Rising waters on the Yobe River caused damage to crops “worth about 10 billion CFA Francs,” or 15 million euros, the UN's local humanitarian affairs bureau said.

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