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Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the East. The capital city is Niamey. Its proper English pronunciation (in IPA) is , although is also acceptable. Its adjective form is Nigerien , which should not be confused with Nigerian for Nigeria and derives from the French nigérien, -ne. There are different opinions about the adjective form however. Merriam-Webster lists Nigerois as the adjective form which has - despite its sound - no equivalent form in French. CNN and other news sources often circumvent using the adjective altogether, using the noun instead, e.g. 'the Niger parliament', 'Niger leader slain' or 'Niger's capital', 'Niger's people'.
History
Considerable evidence indicates that about 600,000 years ago, humans inhabited what has since become the desolate Sahara of northern Niger. Niger was an important economic crossroads, and the empires of Songhai, Mali, Gao, Kanem, and Bornu, as well as a number of Hausa states, claimed control over portions of the area.
During recent centuries, the nomadic Tuareg formed large confederations, pushed southward, and, siding with various Hausa states, clashed with the Fulani Empire of Sokoto, which had gained control of much of the Hausa territory in the late 18th century.
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@KenLiv Brief research, apparently a Brit woman named the River "Niger" but nobody knows. Still, the N word does come from it.
Amalari (Molly Murray ) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:29:17 -0000
@KenLiv Brief research, apparently a Brit woman named the River "Niger" but nobody knows. Still, the N word does come from it.
new - Mali's Festival on the River Niger Announces 2010 Music Program ... http://bit.ly/4qcQHb
indefest (indeFest) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:36:09 -0000
new - Mali's Festival on the River Niger Announces 2010 Music Program ... http://bit.ly/4qcQHb
@YuR_HiiGHn3Ss Timbuktu is a sandy city on the edge of the Sahara Desert in Mali, in the bulge of Africa near the Niger River.
paig35mith (Paige) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:57:17 -0000
@YuR_HiiGHn3Ss Timbuktu is a sandy city on the edge of the Sahara Desert in Mali, in the bulge of Africa near the Niger River.
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