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9 unusual facts about Agadez


Agadez

Mdou Moctar's film, Akounak Teggdalit Taha Tazoughai, is set and filmed on location in Agadez.

Association des Scouts du Niger

In addition, UNFPA had recourse to the Scouts of Niger for the implementation of a project of food distribution to pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Agadez and Zinder areas.

Brigi Rafini

He attended primary and secondary school in Iférouane and Agadez.

Concord Day

The final peace agreement was celebrated with a "Flame of Peace" in which weapons were burned in Agadez on 25 September 2000.

Moussa Yahaya

Moussa Yahaya (born 4 January 1975 in Agadez) is a Nigerien retired footballer who played as a striker.

Music of Niger

Niger born Tuareg Blues artists include the pioneering guitarist Abdallah ag Oumbadougou from Agadez and his band Takrist n'Akal, Group Bombino also from Agadez, Moussa ag Keyna's group Toumast, Mdou Moctar, and the performer Mouma Bob.

Northern Songhay languages

The sedentary varieties include Sawaq (Tasawaq) in northern Niger (with two dialects, Ingelsi in In-Gall and the extinct Emghedeshie of Agadez) and Korandje far to the north, 150 km east of the Algerian–Moroccan border at Tabelbala.

Rabo Saminou

Rabo Kabara Saminou Gado (born in 23 May 1986 in Agadez) is a Nigerien footballer who for FUS Rabat.

René Chudeau

In the Taoudeni basin, he investigated ancient volcanoes, and south of Agadez, he found the presence of dinosaur bones.


Afrovenator

The remains of Afrovenator were discovered in 1993 in the Tiourarén Formation of the department of Agadez in Niger.

Economy of Niger

However, the parastatal SONICHAR (Société nigérienne de charbon) in Tchirozerine (north of Agadez) extracts coal from an open pit and fuels an electricity generating plant that supplies energy to the uranium mines.

Kel Ayr

In 1740 the large Kel Owey destroyed the town of Assodé, sacked Agadez, placed the Sultanate of Agadez under their control, and dispersed the Kel Ayer to the south and west.

Kel Ayr controlled the sedentary populations of the trading and farming centers in Assodé, Agadez, In-Gall, Timia and Iferouane.

Migrants' African routes

This is the first migratory route, which covers the old caravan trail passing by Agadez and Dirkou (in Niger) and the Sabha oasis (in Libya), and was went through in the first 1990s from a huge migratory stream appealed in Libya by political measures aimed at opening the borders introduced by Muammar Gaddafi in 1992.

Rhissa Ag Boula

In January 2011 Ag Boulsa was elected Regional Councillor of Agadez for a term of four years, and in September 2011 appointed adviser to the President of the Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou.


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