The women usually stay on the fringes. Whether in Somalia or in Niger, they are hesitant, and blend into the background while the men talk. With their babies strapped to their backs and the elder children held by the hand, the women watch and listen, curious faces peering through the crowd. But more often than not, they don't contribute. Public...
The president of Niger says his army has clashed more than once with arms traffickers from Libya, underlining the security threat posed by the fall of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. The president, Mahamadou Issoufou, said Friday, ''We are very worried because this crisis will destabilize the whole region.'' Mr. Issoufou says a clash on Sunday that left...
To the Editor: Re ''As Thousands Leave Libya, and Jobs, Niger Feels Impact'' (news article, Sept. 28): The case of Nigerois fleeing from Libya to economic hardship and potential humanitarian crisis in Niger is further evidence of the imprudence and myopic nature of the Libyan war. Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya, ruthless and erratic as he may be,...
Republikken Niger er et land beliggende i det vestlige Afrika, navngivet efter Nigerfloden. Niger grænser op til Nigeria og Benin mod syd, Burkina Faso og Mali mod vest, Algeriet og Libyen mod nord og Tchad mod øst.
Indtil koloniseringen var Niger en af de vigtigste handelsruter i Vestafrika, og store stammer som f.eks. Songhai, Mali, Gao og Hausa gjorde krav på området. Den franske kolonisering begyndte i starten af 1900-tallet, men franskmændene mødte modstand fra især nomadefolket Tuareg. I 1922 blev Niger en fransk koloni og blev en del af Fransk Vestafrika. I 1956 fik Niger igen politisk indflydelse, da Frankrig ophævede de ulige stemmerettigheder. Denne indflydelse øgedes yderligere i 1958, hvor Niger bliver en selvstyrende stat under Frankrig. Den 3. August 1960 bliver Niger selvstændigt. Fold ud