Niger 🇳🇪 floods 🌊 force thousands from homes in Niamey

The authorities in Niger 🇳🇪 have ordered thousands of people to leave their homes in the capital, Niamey, because of serious flooding.

Flooding is a recurrent problem in Niger, but this year more than 40 people died since the rainy season began in June. Buildings have also been destroyed, and key roads cut in several parts of the country.

We've lost our home, our money and our clothes," Ramatou Ali, a man in his 70s from a western suburb of Niamey, told the news site Jeune Afrique.

Floods last year affected tens of thousands of people and killed dozens, mainly in the desert regions of Agadez and Tahoua.

UCJ, UNILORIN.