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RSSG ANNADIF EXPRESSES HIS SOLIDARITY AND PRESENTS HIS CONDOLEANCES FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF SEVERAL CHILDREN IN A FIRE IN A SCHOOL IN MARADI, SOUTH OF NIGER

Dakar, 9 November 2021 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat ANNADIF, expresses his solidarity and offers his sincere condolences to the families of the victims, the Government and the people of Niger following the death of more than twenty children caused by a fire on November 8 in a school in Maradi, in the south of Niger.

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