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    Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa. It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to...
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    The Niger River (/ˈnaɪdʒər/ NY-jər; French: (le) fleuve Niger [(lə) flœv niʒɛʁ]) is the main river of West Africa, extending about 4,180 kilometres (2...
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  • Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (category Presidents of Niger)
    General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (9 May 1949 – 9 April 1999) was a Nigerien military officer and diplomat who ruled Niger from 1996 until his assassination...
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  • Mediterranean-Niger-Railway (MN) (French: Chemins de Fer de la Méditerranée au Niger) was a railway in Western Africa. The Mediterranean-Niger Railway was...
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    From 1990 to 1995, a rebellion by various Tuareg groups took place in Niger and Mali, with the aim of achieving autonomy or forming their own nation-state...
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    Niger's transportation system was underdeveloped during the colonial period (1899–1960), mainly dependent on animals, humans, and limited river transport...
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    Maman Sambo Sidikou (category Foreign ministers of Niger)
    African Union for Mali and the Sahel. From 2011 to 2014, he served as Niger's ambassador to the United States, he oversaw U.N. peacekeeping efforts in...
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    Jean Rouch (category Road incident deaths in Niger)
    his first films in Niger: Au pays des mages noirs (1947), Initiation à la danse des possédés (1948) and Les magicians de Wanzarbé (1949), all of which documented...
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  • Alassane and Oumarou Ganda. Rouch made his first film in Niger in 1947, with the short documentary Au Pays des Mages Noirs (In the Land of Black Mages), going...
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    The Geneva Conventions, which were most recently revised in 1949, consist of seven individual treaties which are open to ratification or accession by any...
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