Maradi Region

At least 94 people have lost their lives, and the number of affected individuals has exceeded 137,000 due to the floods that have struck Niger since June, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Humanitarian Action and Disaster Management of the Sahel state on Friday.

AFP - At least 36 people have died in flooding in Niger since the start of the rainy season in June, most of them in northern desert areas, UN figures showed Tuesday.

Over that period, the floods have affected a total of 130,468 people, destroying 7,212 homes, 8,162 hectares of crops and 31,118 head of cattle, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.