Environmental issues in the Niger Delta are caused by its petroleum industry. The delta covers 20,000 km 2 (7,700 sq mi) within wetlands of 70,000 km 2 (27,000 sq mi) formed primarily by sediment deposition. Home to 20 million people and 40 different ethnic groups, this floodplain makes up 7.5% of Nigeria's total land mass. It is the largest wetland and maintains the third …

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is a decentralised militant group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. MEND's actions – including sabotage, theft, property destruction, guerrilla warfare, and kidnapping – are part of the broader conflict in the Niger Delta and reduced Nigeria's oil production by 33% between 2006-07.

Le Niger, en forme longue la république du Niger, est un pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest, situé entre l'Algérie au nord-nord-ouest, la Libye au nord-est, le Tchad à l'est, le Nigeria au sud, le Bénin au sud-sud-ouest, le Burkina Faso et le Mali à l'ouest-sud-ouest. La capitale est Niamey.Les habitants sont les Nigériens et les Nigériennes [note 1].Le pays est multiethnique et constitue …

Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic-Congo languages (which share a characteristic noun class system), and possibly several smaller groups of languages that are difficult to classify. If valid, Niger-Congo would be the world's largest in terms of member languages, the third …

The current conflict in the Niger Delta first arose in the early 1990s over tensions between foreign oil corporations and a number of the Niger Delta's minority ethnic groups who feel they are being exploited, particularly the Ogoni and the Ijaw.Ethnic and political unrest continued throughout the 1990s despite the return to democracy and the election of the Obasanjo …

The Flag of Niger (French: drapeau du Niger) has been the national symbol of the Republic of the Niger since 1959, a year prior to its formal independence from French West Africa.It uses the national colors of orange, white and green, in equal horizontal bands, with an orange roundel in the center. The flag forms one of the official national symbols of the Republic of Niger, with the …

In the 19th century, contact with Europe began when the first European explorers—notably Mungo Park (British) and Heinrich Barth (German)-explored the area searching for the mouth of the Niger River.Although French efforts at pacification began before 1900, dissident ethnic groups, especially the desert Tuareg, were not subdued until 1922, when Niger became a French colony.

Niger – trzecia pod względem długości i powierzchni dorzecza rzeka Afryki (po Nilu i Kongo). Od rzeki swoje nazwy wzięły państwa Niger oraz Nigeria . Jest najważniejszą rzeką Afryki Zachodniej , jej długość wynosi 4221 km, a powierzchnia dorzecza ok. 2 117 700 km² [1] .

The Royal Niger Company was a mercantile company chartered by the British government in the nineteenth century. It was formed in 1879 as the United African Company and renamed to National African Company in 1881 and to Royal Niger Company in 1886. In 1929 the company became part of the United Africa Company, which came under the control of Unilever in the …

Niger's transport system was little developed during the colonial period (1899–1960), largely relying upon animal, human, and limited river transport in the far southwest and southeast. No railways were constructed in the colonial period, and roads outside the capital remained unpaved. The Niger River is unsuitable for large-scale river transport, as it lacks depth for most of the …