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One popular food is jollof rice. [4] Plant agriculture production in Niger is significantly reliant upon rainfall to provide water for plants, and droughts have adversely affected Niger's agriculture production in the past, threatening the country's domestic food supply. [5] Tea is a popular beverage in Niger. [6]
The Niger-Nigeria border dips south below the Region's capital, forming an area sometimes called the "breadbasket" of Niger. [ citation needed ] While tobacco , mangoes , wheat , soy beans and even cotton are cultivated in some areas, the predominant crops are groundnuts , grown as a commercially, and millet , sorghum and cow peas , typically ...
The National Park of Upper Niger is a national park in Guinea that was gazetted in January 1997 with a core area of 554 km 2 (214 sq mi). [1] The park protects important tracts of forest and savannah , and is considered a conservation priority for West Africa as a whole.
Each of Niger's regions are subdivided into departments and communes.As of 2005, there were 36 départements, divided into 265 communes, 122 cantons and 81 groupements.The latter two categories cover all areas not covered by urban communes (population over 10000) or rural communes (total population 13 million), and are governed by the department, whereas communes have had elected councils and ...
A line of thousands of trucks stretches back 25 km (15 miles) from the muddy shores of the Niger River that marks the frontier. Food and aid pile up at Niger's border as sanctions bite Skip to ...
Stone sculpture of the Bura culture, Niger. The Bura culture (Bura system) refers to a set of archeological sites in the lower Niger River valley of Niger and Burkina Faso.More specifically, the Iron Age civilization exemplified by the Bura culture was centered in the southwest portion of modern-day Niger and in the southeast part of contemporary Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta).
The July 26 coup is seen as a major blow to many Western nations, which viewed Niger as one of its last partners in the conflict-riddled Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert that they could ...
The Wassoulou Region of West Africa. The Mande conquerors of the nineteenth century frequently utilized trade routes established by the Dyula. Indeed, it was his exploitation of their commercial network that allowed military leader Samory Touré (1830–1900) to rise to a dominant position in the Upper Niger region.