Funds for Niger’s strategic Kandadji dam

A donors’ conference in Abidjan on 30 November pledged $436m of financing for the resettlement element of Niger’s flagship Kandadji dam scheme. Nearly 50,000 people in 24 villages will be affected by the development, which aims to irrigate more than 45,000ha of land to improve food security for Niger, one of the world’s poorest countries with one of the highest rates of population growth.