Niger
Introduction:
Niger is a landlocked and developing country in western Africa, named after the Niger River and officially the Republic of Niger. It is bordered by Chad in the east, Burkina Faso and Mali in the west, Nigeria and Benin in the south and Algeria and Libya in the north. Niger covers a land area of 1,267,000 square kilometres and with estimated population of 11,666,000.
History of Niger:
Thousands of years ago, Niger had wet and favorable conditions for agriculture and livestock herding in a fertile grassland environment. According to archaeological findings and rock engravings from the Neolithic/New Stone Age period (from around 10,000BC), it was found that earliest ancestors used to hunt wildlife across the plains. Later on around 2500BC, the land became drier as a result the Sahara encroached. By the middle ages, Niger became an important trade routes across the Sahara using camels as the means of transportation. The Hausa kingdom to the south became wealthy by trading with different groups in gold producing regions. So between 15th and 18th centuries, Niger became an important trade route for gold, slaves and salt.
In 1890, Niger became a republic of the French …show more content…
Various factors like food insecurity, high population growth, poor access to education, lack of industry, poor health care, food insecurity, environmental degradation, few prospects for work outside of subsistence farming and herding and limited transportation network has greatly effected in the economy of Niger. Not only this, the economy in the recent years has been affected by the terrorist activity, kidnappings near its uranium mines, instability in Mali and low uranium prices. Niger has sizable reserves of oil and oil production which began in 2012 along with refining and exports are expected to grow through 2016. (Indexmundi,
Introduction:
Niger is a landlocked and developing country in western Africa, named after the Niger River and officially the Republic of Niger. It is bordered by Chad in the east, Burkina Faso and Mali in the west, Nigeria and Benin in the south and Algeria and Libya in the north. Niger covers a land area of 1,267,000 square kilometres and with estimated population of 11,666,000.
History of Niger:
Thousands of years ago, Niger had wet and favorable conditions for agriculture and livestock herding in a fertile grassland environment. According to archaeological findings and rock engravings from the Neolithic/New Stone Age period (from around 10,000BC), it was found that earliest ancestors used to hunt wildlife across the plains. Later on around 2500BC, the land became drier as a result the Sahara encroached. By the middle ages, Niger became an important trade routes across the Sahara using camels as the means of transportation. The Hausa kingdom to the south became wealthy by trading with different groups in gold producing regions. So between 15th and 18th centuries, Niger became an important trade route for gold, slaves and salt.
In 1890, Niger became a republic of the French …show more content…
Various factors like food insecurity, high population growth, poor access to education, lack of industry, poor health care, food insecurity, environmental degradation, few prospects for work outside of subsistence farming and herding and limited transportation network has greatly effected in the economy of Niger. Not only this, the economy in the recent years has been affected by the terrorist activity, kidnappings near its uranium mines, instability in Mali and low uranium prices. Niger has sizable reserves of oil and oil production which began in 2012 along with refining and exports are expected to grow through 2016. (Indexmundi,