Niger ends the distribution of a sex education application from an NGO also active in Burkina

Ouagadougou: The Minister of Communication, Posts and the Digital Economy, Sidi Mohamed Raliou ordered, this Wednesday, February 14, 2024, the NGO 'Women Environmental Program' (WEP) to 'withdraw from the internet the 'Yamaro' application on sexual and reproductive health', as well as 'all other distribution channels', according to the Nigerien press agency, citing official sources. Minister Raliou gave this instruction during a meeting at his office between him and a delegation from the organization, made up of its accounting manager, Mijinguiné Abdou Maman Sani and the head of Communication, Ms. Salac Moumouni Aichatou. According to the source, quoting the Minister of Communication, 'the application has not been validated by the Ministry of Health, nor by the Ministry of Education, even less by the High Authority for the Protection of Personal Data. Personnel and the Ministry responsible for the Digital Economy. The meeting also took place in the presence of the Director of Cybersecurity, Ali Soumana Abd ourahamane. The NGO Women Environmental Program is also present in Burkina, Togo and Nigeria, among others. It presents itself as an NGO that aims to serve society Source: Burkina Information Agency