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Gazella dama, national symbol of Niger. The wildlife of Niger is composed of its flora and fauna.The protected areas in the country total about 8.5 million hectares (21 million acres), which is 6.6 percent of the land area of the country, a figure which is expected to eventually reach the 11‑percent target fixed by the IUCN with the addition of more areas under the reserve category. [1]
Niger is a landlocked nation in West Africa located along the border between the Sahara and Sub-Saharan regions. 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. Niger lies between latitudes 11° and 24°N, and longitudes 0° and 16°E. Its area is 1,267,000 ...
The park provides a home for some of West Africa's last wild African elephants. However, the rare West African giraffe, today restricted to small parts of the Niger, is absent from the area. The W park is also known for historic occurrence of packs of the endangered West African wild dog, [5] although this canid may now be locally extinct. [6]
West African giraffes near Kouré, Niger. In the mid-1990s there were only 49 in the whole of West Africa. These giraffes were formally protected by the Niger government and have now risen to 600. [11] Conservation efforts since the 1990s have led to a sizable growth in population, though largely limited to the single Dosso herd.
Wider regional trends are apparent, and sculpture is most common among "groups of settled cultivators in the areas drained by the Niger and Congo rivers" in West Africa. [1] Direct images of African deities are relatively infrequent, but masks in particular are or were often made for traditional African religious ceremonies.
The top U.S. general is making a rare trip to Africa to discuss ways to preserve some of the U.S. presence in West Africa after Niger decided to kick out the U.S. military in favour of partnering ...
Niger was the West's last key ally in the central Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert until a July 26 coup brought in a military junta which called for France to leave. ... insecure scrublands ...
Niger's military rulers have given the U.S. until Sept. 15 to remove its troops from the country, which also means leaving a $100 million drone base near Agadez in central Niger that had provided ...