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UPDATED: 25 Sep 2008 GMT
  • Nigerien Minister of Culture Oumarou Hadari (front left), Peace Corps (PC) Director Abrams (fourth left), English Essay Contest winners (center), PC Volunteer and Ambassador Allen (front right). English Essay Contest on August 15, 2008

    The awards ceremony for the First Annual English Essay Contest, a Peace Corps initiative in collaboration with the American Cultural Center (ACC) and the Government of Niger (GON) Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education

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  • Ambassador Allen (center) the Director of the American Cultural Center(right) and Mrs. Hassane Amina Wangari (left) addresses the audience at the National Women Day conference Niger Women’s Day Celebration

    On May 12 the Public Diplomacy section kicked off Embassy Niamey’s celebration of Niger Women’s Day by sponsoring a Hip-Hop concert featuring one of Niger’s leading Hip-Hop artists, Princess Tifa. About 70 people, most of them young, attended the event.

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  • Nigerien Minister of Communication Ben Omar (center) and Ambassador Allen (right) address journalists at International Press Freedom Day workshop U.S.sponsored media workshop on Press Freedom

    On May 2-3, 2008 the U.S. Embassy joined with the Nigerien Association of Editors of Independent Press (ANEPI) in organizing a two-day media workshop to commemorate International Press Freedom Day. Conference participants included 98 journalists from state-run and private media from throughout the country.

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A/PAO Richard Roberts (center, right) addresses assembly at ACC-sponsored Earth Day 2008 event

Niger’s journalists address environment concerns on Earth Day
On April 22, 2008 the U.S. Embassy’s American Cultural Center partnered with the Nigerien Journalists’ Network for the Environment for an Earth Day 2008 presentation entitled Climate Change and Food Security.

WAKE 2008 Celebrates Women through Song
On March 28-29, 2008 the U.S. Embassy’s American Cultural Center continued its celebration of National Women’s History Month with the launching of the second annual Wake (pronounced wah-kay) Girl’s Music Contest in partnership with CFPM Taya, Niger’s national music institute.

Women’s Health high on agenda for Women’s History Month
On March 20, 2008, as part of the U.S. Embassy’s commemoration of National Women’s History Month, the American Cultural Center sponsored a presentation by Nigerien women’s health activist Ms. Salamatou Traore on Socio-economic Reintegration of Women Victims of Fistula. Obstetric fistula is a severe medical condition.

MCC and Niger sign $23 million Threshold Grant
On March 17, 2008 Nigerien Prime Minister Seini Oumarou and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Deputy CEO Rodney Bent officiated at the signing of a $23 million threshold program. Minister of Finance Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine and USAID West Africa Mission Director Henderson Patrick signed the agreement.

New Peace Corps Volunteers begin their service in Niger
TTwenty-five new Peace Corps Volunteers began their two-year tours of service in Niger, after completing nine-weeks of in-country training. They were officially sworn-in by Ambassador Bernadette M. Allen in the presence of Nigerien government representatives at a ceremony at the Chief of Mission’s Residence on March 14, 2008.