Niger

Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.

Niger is the largest country in Western Africa.

Ahead of the International Women's Day, the International Rescue Committee has released a report on the five most dangerous places in the world to be an adolescent girl. Taking into consideration data on child marriage, adolescent birth rates, literacy, rates of violence and child labor, the IRC named Niger, Yemen, Bangladesh, South Sudan and the Central African Republic as the most dangerous for young girls.

Niger is a former French colony.

Niamey is the capital of Niger.

Algeria shares a border with Niger.

Mali and Niger are Algeria's neighbors to the south.

To the south, Algeria borders Mali and Niger.

Many sub-Saharan African immigrants cross the border between Niger and Algeria.

Algeria is much richer than Niger and Mali.

An American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger more than six years ago and held hostage by terrorists has been released, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted on Monday.

From here we can see the River Niger in the distance running across town, a long gleaming diamond in the horizon.

Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.