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“The World Bank gave Niger 90 million dollars (64 million euros) to pay for drinking water supplies and sanitation in several parts of the country, the bank said in a statement Tuesday.
“The funds will benefit some 500,000 people in the capital Niamey and residents of the town of Tahoua in the west, as well as Agadez in the desert north and the nearby uranium mining community of Arlit.
“The project provides for equipment to distribute and store water and supply 23 urban centres with public fountains, as well as the construction of thousands of units to collect used water for sanitation.
“Landlocked in the heart of the Sahel, Niger is a large but very poor country, about two-thirds desert. Its main source of foreign income is uranium, mined by a French company.”
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