Maradi

(märädē`), town (1988 pop. 112,965), S Niger, near the border with Nigeria. It is the administrative and commercial center for an agricultural region that specializes in peanut growing and goat raising. A major road connects Maradi with KanoKano
, city (1991 est. pop. 595,000), N Nigeria. It is the trade and shipping center for an agricultural region where cotton, cattle, and about half of Nigeria's peanuts are raised.
..... Click the link for more information. , Nigeria. The town has a technical college and a center for research on poultry and goat breeding.

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Maradi

a town in Niger, on the Gada River (Niger basin), and the administrative center of the department of Maradi. Population, 27,000 (1969). Maradi is a highway junction. It is the trade center of an agricultural region in which there is live-stock breeding and peanuts, cassava, and cereals are grown. Peanut butter is produced in the town, and there are cottonginning and leather plants.

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It was at this place that he parted from his companions, Richardson and Overweg; the first was to follow the Zinder route, and the second that of Maradi; and you may remember that, of these three travellers, Barth was the only one who ever returned to Europe."

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La competition a regroupe les huit meilleurs lutteurs issus des huit regions du Niger a savoir Kadri Abdou dit Issaka Issaka de Dosso triple champion national, Saley Daouda d'Agadez, Mansour Issa de Diffa, Sani Abou de Maradi, Yahaya Kaka de Tahoua, Laouali Abdou Dan Tela de Zinder, Yacouba Adamou de Niamey et Ousmane Hassane de Tillabery.

Niger : Le lutteur Issaka Issaka remporte le tournoi de l'Union des journalistes sportifs du Niger

Maradi is a concerning new emergency situation on the Niger-Nigerian border due to the increasing of violence in Nigeria's North-Western states.

Responding to immediate needs (By Juan Haro & Thibaut Roux)

'In the light of cross-border pastoralism between Katsina State Nigeria the regions of Maradi and Zinder in the Niger Republic, we initiated a bilateral agreement first with Maradi with a view to fostering livestock management and production amongst our people and ensuring safety for farmers, animals and herders.

We Recovered 32,672 Animals From Rustlers, Says Masari

The study was carried out during 2015 rainy season at the research stations of INRAN at Konni and Maradi. Both locations are sorghum midge hotspot in Niger.

Genetic Variability and Its Implications on Early Generation Sorghum Lines Selection for Yield, Yield Contributing Traits, and Resistance to Sorghum Midge

Chinari -- Three persons including two women have been killed and four injured when a car fell into a deep gorge at Maradi Nara.

Three killed and four injured in car accident

Maradi, Ramadan 6, 1438, Jun 1, 2017, SPA -- Six Nigerien soldiers were killed when heavily armed attackers targeted an army position near the Malian border, the government said on Thursday.

Six Niger Soldiers Killed in Terrorist Attack

It has implemented 52 water and sanitation projects in Niger between last January and mid-September 2016, at a cost of QR1.7 million, benefiting 96,333 people." "Many governorates have benefited from these projects, including Dosso, Maradi, Niamey and Tillab`ri.

QC's artesian wells alleviate suffering of Niger people

Gastroenteritis surveillance was conducted in 2 urban areas (Niamey, the capital city of Niger, and Maradi, the administrative center of the Maradi region) and in 3 rural districts (Madarounfa, Aguie, and Guidan Roumdji) in Maradi region, which is located -500 km from Niamey.

Rotavirus surveillance in urban and rural areas of Niger, April 2010-March 2012

The Nigerien government has signed agreements with three mining companies that will, over the next three years, prospect for gold and precious metals in the regions of Tillabery (west) and Maradi (east ).

Niger signed agreements with three mining companies

Noor Dubai is the first humanitarian initiative to provide large-scale cataract treatment in Maradi, the third largest city in the West African country of Niger.

Noor Dubai treats thousands for blindness in Niger

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