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French Colonies - Niger Niger is bounded by Algeria on the northwest, Libya on the northeast, Chad on the east, Nigeria and Benin on the south, and Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) and Mali on the west. The nomadic peoples in north and central Niger practice animal husbandry, but their livelihood was adversely affected by drought in 1968-74, in 1984-85, and again in the 1990s and by the closing of the border with Nigeria from 1984 to 1986. Niger has a large foreign debt and is heavily dependent on foreign aid, which was reduced after a 1996 coup. www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Niger.shtml   (2218 words)

Niger, Africa - Travel Guide Niger is a landlocked country bordered in the north by Libya, Chad to the East, Nigeria in the south, Benin and Burkina Fasso in the southwest, Mali in the west and Algeria in the Northwest. Two-thirds of Niger is desert with much of the of the northeastern part of the country being uninhabitable. The Niger River flows for 300 miles along the south-west border, permitting the cultivation of various crops. www.africaguide.com /country/niger   (197 words)

Languages : Niger-Congo Family Fulani (Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali, Guinea, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso), www.krysstal.com /langfams_nigercongo.html   (397 words)

Niger --  Encyclopædia Britannica The principal river of West Africa, the Niger is the third longest on the continent after the Nile and Congo. The capital and cultural hub of Niger in West Africa, Niamey is located in the southwestern corner of the republic on the banks of Africa's third longest river, the Niger. The Abuja Federal Capital Territory is on Niger state's eastern border, and the Republic of Benin is its western border. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9110786   (864 words)

CIA - The World Factbook -- Niger 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. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. Niger shares a common currency, the CFA franc, and a common central bank, the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), with seven other members of the West African Monetary Union. www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ng.html   (1069 words)

Ethnologue report for Niger The western dialect is in western Niger, north and northwest of Niamey and in eastern Mali, Menaka Region. Between Tahoua in central Niger, Agadez in north central Niger, and Ingall in northeast Niger. Eastern Niger in the south near the Chad border. www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Niger   (456 words)

A Perfect Storm roared up Gotcha Gulch. So the Congo was dropped from the story Those “African gangs” were in the Congo, not in Niger. Congo’s largest uranium mine is Shinkolobwe in the southern province of Katanga, an area under the control of Zimbabwean forces. In the former French colonies of Niger and Gabon, production is in the hands of Cogema, the French company which specialises in the nuclear fuel cycle and is number two in the field. www.dailyhowler.com /dh072803.shtml   (1859 words)

African Empires of Ancient America The Upper Niger rose in the mountains on the border of Sierra Leone and flowed northeastward into a closed basin in the Sahara; downstream the river there were many wide marshes and several large lakes. Today what we call the Niger river was divided into two rivers in c.5000 B.C. One was called the Upper Niger and the other the Lower Niger. The Lower Niger rose in the Hoggar mountains of the Saharan zone. www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/8919/olmec2.htm   (4358 words)

Reuters AlertNet - Niger Businessmen in the Democratic Republic of Congo have collected 120 tons of maize flour and other food for 2.5 million hungry people in Niger, a high ranking government official said on Thursday. Apart from a small region along the Niger Valley in the southwest near the capital, the country is entirely savannah or desert. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is asking donors for US $57.6 million to feed people threatened by famine in Niger, more than three times the amount requested last month. www.alertnet.org /thefacts/countryprofiles/219018.htm   (258 words)

Bantu languages - Wikipedia Bantu is a language group that belongs to the Niger-Congo group. Bantu languages are spoken in South Cameroon, in Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. The word Bantu was first used by W. Bleek (1827-75) with the meaning people as this is reflected in many of the languages of this group. www.web-dictionary.org /encyclopedia/ba/Bantu.html   (440 words)

allAfrica.com: Niger Africare was established in 1970 in response to a previous famine in Niger and has since become one of the largest American non-governmental... Ten years after the Niger government and insurgents signed an accord to end a Tuareg rebellion, authorities have launched an economic assistance programme for more than 3,000 ex-combatants in the north - the final phase as laid out in the peace pact. As Africare celebrates its 35 year anniversary this week, representatives from the group's Niger program came to Washington to discuss the food crisis in the West African nation and the efforts underway to tackle hungre and promote development. allafrica.com /niger   (436 words)

[14 Sep 2000] DC/2723 DEV/2259: GROUP OF INTERESTED STATES IN PRACTICAL DISARMAMENT MEASURES BRIEFED ON JOINT DDA/DPA MISSION TO CONGO/NIGER The mission’s objective was to gather information on the current political climate and to assess Congo’s needs in respect of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants. The Chief of the Conventional Arms Branch further noted that the proliferation of illicit weapons was a serious and widespread problem in Niger, caused by a combination of political, socio-economic and security factors. The meeting was also briefed on the fact-finding mission to Niger from 30 July to 12 August 2000. www.un.org /news/Press/docs/2000/20000914.dc2723.doc.html   (474 words)

Ijaw - Art History Online Reference and Guide The Ijaw speak 9 closely-related Niger-Congo languages, all of which fall under the Ijoid branch of the Niger-Congo tree. With the discovery of large oil reserves in the Niger Delta region in the early 1960s, a new bone of contention was introduced, as the ability to claim ownership of a given piece of land now promised to yield immense benefits in terms of jobs and infrastuctural benefits to be provided by the oil companies. This tendency has been encouraged in large part by the environmental depradations that have accompanied the discovery of oil in the Niger delta region which the Ijaw call home, as well as by a revenue sharing formula with the Federal government that is viewed by the Ijaw as manifestly unfair. www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Ijaw   (818 words)

AllRefer.com - Bantu languages (Language And Linguistics) - Encyclopedia Bantu languages, group of African languages forming a subdivision of the Benue-Niger division of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian language family (see African languages). Bantu contains hundreds of languages that are spoken by 120 million Africans in the Congo Basin, Angola, the Republic of South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, and Kenya. The most important is Swahili (see Swahili language), spoken as a first language by more than 30 million people, chiefly in Kenya, Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), and Uganda. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bantulan.html   (447 words)

ImagesAfrica The Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Benin, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Upper Volta, and Zaire. It is a member of the Niger- Congo family. A Bantu language, part of the Niger- Congo family. www.imagesafrica.com /html/languages.htm   (1100 words)

Niger on the Internet A list of Niger newspapers, on microfilm, held by the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago can be found through the Foreign Newspaper Database. There is a 48 page paper, in French, "Le Parc National du W du Niger, Réserve de Biosphère,"on why the Region du W should be a biosphere reserve. Government telecom organization and Niger's first internet service provider.Their first web site customer was the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) in Niamey. www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/niger.html   (2717 words)

Niger-Congo Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography The Niger-Congo languages constitute one of the world's major language families, and Africa's largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers, and number of distinct languages. Looking For niger congo - Find niger congo and more at Lycos Search. Find niger congo - Your relevant result is a click away! www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Niger-Congo   (2065 words)

Sigma Tau Delta: The International English Honor Society Temne is a Mel language (southern branch of the West Atlantic branch of Niger Congo) and is spoken in the northern half of Sierra Leone. Often spelled Ibo and spoken in the lower Niger River basin of Nigeria, Igbo is part of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo languages. Swahili is a Niger-Congo language spoken in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the island of Zanzibar. www.english.org /enews_quiz_2_04.shtml   (429 words)

Winne.com - Report on Congo DRC, Paving the reconstruction Cataract dialect in lower Congo region and around Mbanza Manteke, Fioti north of Boma and scattered communities along the Congo River from Brazzaville to its mouth. This is the electronic edition of the special Democratic Republic of Congo report on published in Forbes Global Magazine. KONGO (KIKONGO, CONGO) [KON] 1,000,000 in DRC (1986 UBS); 1,144,000 in Angola (1990); 3,217,000 in all countries (1991 UBS). www.winne.com /congo/bf09.html   (9134 words)

Kidlink: Angola's Aboriginal Languages KONGO (KIKONGO, KIKOONGO, CONGO, CABINDA) 1,144,000 in Angola (1990), 13% of the population (1990 WA); 1,000,000 in Zaïre (1986 UBS); 3,217,000 in all countries (1991 UBS). www.kidlink.org /kie/africa/angola/languages.html   (266 words)

Panapress Official Website Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congolese President Joseph Kabila has given a Jeep to Claude Leroy, the national coach of the Simbas, as part of the incentives the government had promised him at the signing of the contract between the two parties. Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Burning issues in Africa and those related to bilateral cooperation between Kinshasa and Lome were reviewed in a meeting Tuesday between DR Congolese President Joseph Kabila and Togolese Prime Minister Edem Kodjo, who has been on an official visit to the country since Monday in Kinshasa. Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - United Nations experts are currently studying the outline of a proposed railway network aimed at linking the major lake ports in Uganda, the DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia to promote regional integration, the state-owned National Transport Office (ONATRA) revealed here Friday. www.panapress.com /paysindexlat.asp?code=eng014   (800 words)

Yoruba language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The native tongue of the Yoruba people, it is spoken, among other languages, in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and traces of it are found among communities in Brazil and Cuba (where it is called Nago). In addition to the vertical bars, three further diacritics are used on vowels and syllabic nasal consonants to indicate the language's tones: an acute accent for the high tone, a grave accent for the low tone, and an optional macron for the middle tone. Yoruba is an isolating, tonal language with SVO syntax. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yoruba_language   (800 words)

WATER RESOURCES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW —, “The origins and development of international fluvial law in Africa: a study of the international legal regimes of the Congo and Niger Rivers from 1885 to 1960”, in : NILR, 29 (1982), pp. IKELEGBE, A., “Civil society, oil and conflict in the Niger delta region of Nigeria : ramifications of civil society for a regional resource struggle”, in : J.M.A.S., 39 (2001), no. 3, pp. SCHREIBER, M., “Accord relatif à la Commission du Fleuve Niger et à la navigation et aux transports sur le fleuve Niger”, in : A.F.D.I., 10 (1964), pp. www.ppl.nl /rens1/2.1.5-boeken.htm   (144 words)

The U of MT -- Mansfield Library LangFing Benue-Congo pt. 2 updated 4-3-2003 Kongo (Niger-Kordofanian), also spelled Congo, and also called Kikongo, belongs to the Strict Bantu sub-branch of the Bantoid sub-branch of the Benue-Congo sub-branch of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian family of languages. updated 12-10-2003 Kikuyu (Niger-Kordofanian), also called Gikuyu, belong to the Strict Bantu sub-branch of the Bantoid sub-branch of the Benue-Congo sub-branch of the Niger- Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian family of languages. Kongo is spoken in Zaire, Congo, and Angola. www.lib.umt.edu /guide/lang/benucg2h.htm   (1067 words)

Familia de lenguas Níger-Congo Este nombre procedía de los ríos Níger y Congo, en cuyas cuencas predominaban esas lenguas. La primera gramática conocida en una lengua africana apareció en Roma en 1659 y se trataba de un estudio de 98 páginas sobre la lengua congo; su autor era Giacinto Brusciotto, misionero italiano que describió notablemente el característico sistema nominal. A partir de ahí hay frases y palabras bantúes que se recogen en otros registros portugueses, recopilándose en 1523 un vocabulario que recuerda a a la actual lengua akan de Ghana. www.proel.org /mundo/niger_congo.htm   (1126 words)

West Africa 11:2002 EXPLORER "For years everyone believed you had to be close to one of these big river systems like the Niger, the Congo or the Ogooue in Gabon to find the right combination of mature source rocks, reservoirs and traps" he said. Through time the areas where these river systems have been dumping sediment has changed, and further analysis led to the conclusion that other places along the margin also have all the key elements necessary for hydrocarbon accumulations. Companies of all sizes are probing the virtually untouched basins all along the western coast, from Morocco to South Africa. www.aapg.org /explorer/2002/11nov/west_africa.cfm   (1217 words)

Idiomas bantu Las idiomas bantu se hablan en Camerún del sur, en Gabón, república del Congo, república democrática del Congo, de Uganda, de Kenia, de Tanzania, de Angola, de Zambia, de Malawi, de Mozambique, de Zimbabwe, de Namibia, de Botswana y de Suráfrica. Esta extensión amplia hace la familia bantu a familia más extensa de la lengua de África, con cerca de 310 millones de altavoces. www.yotor.net /wiki/es/id/Idiomas%20bantu.htm   (513 words)

African languages. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Swahili, a Bantu tongue of the Niger-Kordofanian stock, was written before the European conquest of Africa (see Swahili language), and Vai, a language belonging to the Mande subdivision of Niger-Congo, employs an indigenous script developed in the 19th cent. The Kwa languages, spoken chiefly in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Nigeria, and Liberia, include Ewe, Yoruba, Igbo, Nupe, Bini, Ashanti, and possibly Ijo (which is sometimes considered a separate branch). These languages are spoken in all parts of the continent, from the extreme south up to the territory of the Afroasiatic languages of N Africa. www.bartleby.com /65/af/Africanlng.html   (513 words)

EFBIG Minna and Paiko to a little past Kwali in the Federal Capital Territory FastNews Kaduna River in the north bunch@nmah.si.edu Zungeru in Niger State to the Kaduna River in the north. jefferson.village.virginia.edu /~luoma/peace/dist/hdir/AaBdCDHAHCaa9j.html   (1666 words)

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