Niger 1.0

In Niger, ten major droughts and nine flooding events have been recorded over the last 30 years. The result has been a rural exodus and uncontrolled demographic growth in the urban areas. In abandoned rural areas, serious soil erosion has gravely reduced the water absorption capacity of the land, allowing water to flow torrentially with damaging results.

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Fragility/Conflict status: Conflict situation
Programme type: Country multi-year
Funding: $2.74 million
Duration: Dec 2017-Dec 2022
Status: Completed

Key goals

  • Enhanced food security early warning system. 
  • Flood and extreme weather warnings especially in urban areas and along Niger and Komadougou rivers in place.
  • Capacity development among stakeholders involved in early warning in particular civil protection, municipal councils, and population in areas prone to flash floods.                

Key results

  • 12 ten-day bulletins produced by the national hydrology agency ensured populations along the Niger River, its tributaries, and the Komadougou Yobé River had timely information to better anticipate, prepare and protect against flooding during the rainy season. 
  • 5 monthly hydrology bulletins and 2 information notes on Guinea floods (floods happened when the river flow coming from Guinea arrived in Niger) and along the Niger River were also issued. 
  • 6 daily weather bulletins are being produced each week by the national Met Service with improved quality and a more user-friendly format.
  • 3 flood awareness TV spots based on ones made in 2020 through CREWS were produced by the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry and broadcast.
  • National communication strategy and its plan of action developed on floods response made by the minister of humanitarian action and the communication strategy against the occupation of flood zones and promoting their sustainable use in 8 major cities of Niger. 
  • CREWS added value on Gender-responsive, multiplier, people-centered: Training 600 women leaders in Niger on early warning and disaster risk and response was to build community resilience with knowledge.

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Looking ahead at what’s still to come.

COVACC will be decentralized to each region to ensure permanent monitoring, early warning, early action – and faster disaster response to save lives, homes, and assets. Flash Flood Guidance System developed by CREWS West Africa will be operational in 2023. In a country where 16 of 20 natural hazard-related disasters since 2012 were caused by floods, leaving an estimated 635,000 people homeless and killing nearly 750 people,5 the system will mark key and tangible early warning progress in Niger.

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