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Niger (03/08) As a reflection of Niger's increasing population, the unicameral legislature was expanded in 2004 to 113 deputies elected for a 5-year term under a proportional system of representation. Niger's agricultural and livestock sectors are the mainstay of all but 20% of the population. Millet and sorghum are Niger's principal rain-fed subsistence crops. www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5474.htm   (4509 words)

Niger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. As a reflection of Niger’s increasing population, the unicameral legislature was expanded in 2004 to 113 deputies elected for a 5 year term under a majority system of representation. Fourteen percent of Niger's GDP is generated by livestock production--camels, goats, sheep, and cattle--said to support 29% of the population. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Niger   (4002 words)

Background Notes Archive - Africa Niger's independent judicial system is composed of four higher courts-- the court of appeals, the supreme court, the high court of justice and the court of state security. Niger's agricultural and livestock sectors are the mainstay of all but 10- 15 percent of the population. Niger's 1993 elections were smooth and successful, in part due to the donors' 56 percent contribution (25 percent of the total from the French) to the election budget. dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/af/niger9407.html   (3318 words)

Adventure in Niger - Explore Niger Niger is a vast land-locked country of around one and a quarter million square kilometres, situated on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. Running in a broad belt across the southern half of Niger is the sahel (from the arabic for edge or shore) a landscape-type which exhibits a sparse savannah vegetation, where grasses and shrubs permit the herding of goats and cattle, mostly by the nomadic Fulani people. Niger is one of the hottest countries in the world and the northernmost parts of the country are uninhabitable during the summer months. www.keadventure.com /countries/niger   (1036 words)

Niger Profile Until recently, this part of Niger was considered to be the "useful" part of the country, in contrast with the austere and inhospitable desert areas. Niger is situated in one of the sunniest regions of the world, and has a mainly dry climate with considerable temperature variations. Leaving the north of the country to the nomads, the settled populations occupy the southern strip between the border with Nigeria and the 12-inch isohyet, in the zone where agriculture is possible. www.nigerembassyusa.org /profile.html   (4262 words)

Niger Information   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Niger is a landlocked nation in West Africa located along the border between the Sahara and Sub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan regions. Fourteen percent of Niger's Gross Domestic ProductGDP is generated by livestock production--camels, goats, sheep, and cattle--said to support 29% of the population. Niger pursues a moderate foreign policy and maintains friendly relations with the West and the IslamIslamic world as well as nonaligned countries. www.echostatic.com /Niger.html   (3616 words)

Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles Niger is a landlocked country in the West Africa, straddling the boundary between the Sahara and the Sahel. Niger was granted its independence in 1960 but retained strong ties with France through a series of bilateral agreements, including a defence agreement, and its membership of the Franc Zone. Niger has a border dispute with Benin, which was referred to the ICJ in 2002. www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019744981886   (1564 words)

Niger Niger, in West Africa's Sahara region, is four-fifths the size of Alaska. Niger found itself a pawn in the war against Iraq when both the U.S. and Britain claimed that Iraq sought to buy uranium from Niger, citing this as evidence that Saddam Hussein was reconstituting his country's nuclear weapons program. The scorpion's sting: youth, marriage and the struggle for social maturity in Niger. www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107843.html   (976 words)

Geography of Niger -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The longest border is (A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa) Chad to the east, at 1,175km. Niger's climate is mainly hot and dry, with much (An arid region with little or no vegetation) desert area. The (A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential) terrain is predominantly desert plains and (A ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans) sand dunes, with flat to rolling plains in south and hills in the north. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/geography_of_niger.htm   (290 words)

World InfoZone - Niger Information - Page 1 Niger is an inland West African country surrounded by Algeria, Benin, Burkina, Chad, Libya, Mali and Nigeria. The River Niger, which passes through the country and is its only permanent body of water, is Africa's third longest river. The population of Niger was estimated at 11,665,937 in 2005: most of the people live in the south. www.worldinfozone.com /country.php?country=Niger   (480 words)

1000Countries.com: Niger I: niger, NIGER   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Niger is a vast landlocked country with an estimated population of 11 million concentrated in a narrow band of arable... Niger is a vast, arid, landlocked country on the southern edge of the Sahara desert. Niger is a landlocked country bordered in the north by Libya, Chad to the East, Nigeria in... www.1000countries.com /countries_of_the_world/niger_1.html   (2492 words)

AllRefer.com - Niamey (Niger Political Geography) - Encyclopedia 398,265), capital of Niger and TillabEry dept., SW Niger, a port on the Niger River. Niamey is Niger's largest city and its administrative and economic center. Niamey was a small town when the French colonized the area in the late 19th cent., but it grew after it became the capital of Niger in 1926. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/Niamey.html   (225 words)

Facts About Niger Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. Niger is a poor, landlocked Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence agriculture, animal husbandry, and reexport trade, and increasingly less on uranium, because of declining world demand. The IMF approved a $73 million poverty reduction and growth facility for Niger in 2000 and announced $115 million in debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. worldfacts.us /Niger.htm   (793 words)

A Virtual Guide to Niger - Western Africa Despite the fact that the country has some of the world's largest uranium deposits, Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, a landlocked Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops and livestock. Niger suffered austere military rule for much of its post-independence history. Discover Niger, one of the hottest countries in the world: Niamey, Agadez, Sahel, Mont Bagzane, Aïr Massif, Timia Oasis, Ténéré Dunes, River Niger. www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/niger.htm   (788 words)

Niger on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Invasive Aspergillus niger with fatal pulmonary oxalosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The Politics of Ethnicity in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. The anthropology of oil: the impact of the oil industry on a fishing community in the Niger Delta. www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Niger.asp   (495 words)

Niger - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: ) It is bound by Libya to the northeast, Algeria to the northwest, Mali to the west, Burkina Faso to the southwest, Benin and Nigeria to the south and Chad to the east. In Sept. 1960 Niger became a member of the UN and in Aug. adopted a new constitution. In response and in protest, the military and government representatives withdrew, although the delegation later returned and a multiparty election schedule with elections to be held in 15 months was announced. www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/niger.htm   (1125 words)

Geography Of Niger   (Site not responding. Last check: ) If you would like to use this flag of Niger or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page. If you would like to use this map of Niger or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page. If you would like to use this information for Niger or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page. www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/niger_country_geography.shtml   (354 words)

Geography - Merriam-Webster's Atlas The flag of Niger was chosen on Nov. 23, 1959. The orange is for the Sahara Desert and the heroic efforts of citizens to live within it, while the orange central disk represents the sun. The green color stands for agriculture and hope; it is suggestive of the Niger River valley. www.merriam-webster.com /cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?niger   (128 words)

AllRefer.com - Zinder (Niger Political Geography) - Encyclopedia It is the trade center for an agricultural region where grains, manioc, and peanuts are grown, and cattle and sheep are raised. Zinder was conquered by the French in 1899 and during World War I was the scene of an unsuccessful Tuareg uprising against French control. The town grew after 1920, when nomads began settling there in large numbers, and from 1922 to 1926 it served as the capital of the French Niger colony. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Z/Zinder.html   (244 words)

Niger   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Niger is a landlocked sub-Saharan country in Western Africa situated north of Nigeria, east of Mali, and south of Algeria and Libya, named after the Niger river. Its geographic coordinates are a longitude of 16°N and a latitude off 8°E. Its area is 1.267 million square kilometers, of which 1,266,700 km² is land and 300 km² water. Traditional subsistence farming, herding, small trading, seasonal migration, and informal markets dominate an economy that generates few formal sector jobs. www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Niger.htm   (3664 words)

CIA - The World Factbook -- Niger   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, a landlocked Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits. In December 2000, Niger qualified for enhanced debt relief under the International Monetary Fund program for Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and concluded an agreement with the Fund on a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Debt relief provided under the enhanced HIPC initiative significantly reduces Niger's annual debt service obligations, freeing funds for expenditures on basic health care, primary education, HIV/AIDS prevention, rural infrastructure, and other programs geared at poverty reduction. www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/ng.html   (1061 words)

Niger Country Guide - General Information - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing GEOGRAPHY: Niger has borders with Libya and Algeria to the north, Chad to the east, Nigeria and Benin to the south, and Mali and Burkina Faso to the west. The capital, Niamey, stands on the north bank of the Niger River and has long been a major trading centre on this important navigable waterway. The Songhai and Djerma people live in the Niger valley and exist by farming and fishing. www.worldtravelguide.net /data/ner/ner.asp   (441 words)

Niger Libya claims about 19,400 sq km in northern Niger; demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad, the lack of which has led to border incidents in the past, is completed and awaiting ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria; Burkina and Mali are proceeding with boundary demarcation, including the tripoint with Niger Niger is one of the world's poorest countries, with recent GDP growth barely matching the rapid growth of population. Niger River is navigable 300 km from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March www.fortunecity.com /bally/waterford/96/rn.htm   (975 words)

1Up Travel > Niger > Travel & Tourism | Tourist Guide to Niger Geography of Niger - Highlights the location, map references, area, land boundaries, climate, natural resources, land use, natural hazards, environment, and geography of Niger Government and Politics in Niger - Profiles the country name, government type, administrative divisions, independence, national holiday, constitution, legal system, suffrage, executive, legislative, and judicial branches, political parties and leaders, and a flag description of Niger. Flags of Niger - Uncover the flag images and description of the flag of Niger. www.1uptravel.com /international/africa/niger   (413 words)

Trexle - Niger   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Friends of Niger (FON) - A nonprofit corporation which supports activities related to Niger and its people. Niger Page - Annotated links from African studies, University of Pennsylvania. BBC Country Profile: Niger - Brief overview of current situation, politics, media, leaders, and history. www.trexle.com /Directory/Top/Regional/Africa/Niger   (96 words)

World facts and stats: Niger Economy—overview: Niger is a poor, landlocked Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence agriculture, animal husbandry, reexport trade, and increasingly less on uranium, its major export since the 1970s. Waterways: Niger river is navigable 300 km from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March Disputes—international: Libya claims about 19,400 sq km in northern Niger; delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, is completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria ks.essortment.com /niger_owg.htm   (1028 words)

AllRefer.com - Agadez (Niger Political Geography) - Encyclopedia You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Niger Political Geography > Agadez 50,164), W central Niger, in the AIr Massif. Agadez is a trade center visited by Tuareg pastoral nomads. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Agadez.html   (232 words)

Niger   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Mission of Niger to the United Nations (http://www.un.int/niger/) official site Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Niger (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/niger.html) directory category Maps of Niger, pictures of Agadez, Tuaregs and handcraft from Niger (http://www.agadez-niger.com) www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Niger   (3642 words)

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