The army authorities mentioned the beginning of the brand new faculty yr in Niger shall be delayed by almost a month on account of heavy rainfall and flooding.
“A number of colleges are affected and others are being occupied by these affected,” a authorities spokesman instructed state broadcaster.
Authorities have postponed the beginning date from October 2 to October 28.
Greater than 300 folks have died from drowning or constructing collapses because the West African nation has been hit by persistent torrential rains over the previous few weeks, in keeping with the inside ministry.
Within the south-central metropolis of Maradi, one of many hardest-hit areas, about 100 tents have been set as much as present lodging for folks in colleges.
this international rescue committee Experiences say greater than 800,000 folks have been affected by the floods.
The group mentioned international locations together with Niger, Mali and Nigeria have been coping with “the worst flooding in 30 years”.
Like different international locations within the semi-arid Sahel area of West Africa, Niger is affected by the results of local weather change. Along with floods, the nation has skilled droughts and crop failures in recent times.
Scientists say many excessive climate occasions, together with floods and droughts, have gotten extra frequent and extreme on account of local weather change.
The junta mentioned it had offered 9,700 tons of meals to these in want and that “the scenario was beneath management.”
There may be rising concern over the injury and destruction of culturally important buildings.
Just a few weeks in the past, a Nineteenth-century mosque constructed of wooden and straw collapsed in Zinder, the nation’s second-largest metropolis.
There are additionally issues about how a lot injury has been completed to the historic heart of the northern metropolis of Agadez, often called the gateway to the desert. The positioning is a UNESCO World Heritage Web site.
