38 people killed in Niger floods

In Niger, at least 38 people have been killed and more than 92,000 left homeless in floods since June. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, over 9,000 homes were destroyed, and more than 26,000 livestock lost. The UN added that authorities and NGOs have already given out aid to more than 50,000 people, with many of the homeless sheltering in schools and



public buildings.

The African country is in the midst of its annual rainy season, having struggled to overcome a severe food crisis caused by drought. One of the poorest countries on the planet, its authorities are also struggling with 300,000 refugees and internally displaced people who have fled the Boko Haram insurgency in Niger's southeast and in neighbouring Nigeria.