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unusual facts about Nigerien



China Nuclear International Uranium Corporation

The deal struck in 2007 was part of a policy shift by then Nigerien president Mamadou Tandja to break the four decade de facto monopoly held by Areva, a French state owned nuclear company, by bringing in Sino-U as a competitor.

Dosso, Niger

Zakari Gourouza - Olympic Nigerien judoka, first Nigerien Olympic judoka

Dounia TV

Earlier in 2009, the CSC warned that Dounia TV could be closed for showing film of Nigerien Police forcefully dispersing supporters of jailed former Prime Minister of Niger Hama Amadou during a Niamey protest.

Football in Niger

In 2004, a handful of Nigerien internationals were playing in Europe including Moussa Yahaya at Legia Warsaw in Poland and Ibrahim Tankary in Belgium's Jupiler League.

Moussa Narry, a Nigerien citizen but a Ghana international, has played in Holland and currently plays with AJ Auxerre of France.

France–Niger relations

Cultural centers, such as the Centre culturel franco nigérien Jean Rouch in Niamey and the Centre culturel franco nigérien de Zinder in Zinder provide major institutions for the growth and promotion of French culture in Niger, as well as promoting Nigerien culture to a French audience.

Iwellemmedan people

Regardless, by the mid-15th century CE, the Iwellemmedan controlled an area from Lake Faguibine and north of Timbuktu east through all of what is now the Gao Region of Mali, into the Nigerien Azawagh all the way to the edge of the Aïr Massif.

Music of Niger

A large number of Rap Nigerien acts grew out of this scene and remain active, with the best known being Awn, Tchakey, Kaidan Gaskya, Wass Wong and Djoro G.

Music for the purpose of entertainment has not been readily accepted by the Nigerien government, though restrictions have loosened since the death of Seyni Kountché in 1987.

Nigerien presidential election, 2004

Mahamadou Issoufou – Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism-Tarayya (PNDS-Tarayya)

Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye – Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress-Zaman Lahiya (ANDP-Zaman Lahiya)

Rhissa Ag Boula

Rhissa and Mano Dayak became joint leaders of the combined front which negotiated a peace deal with the Nigerien government, the Armed Resistance Organization (ORA).

Samira Hill Gold Mine

On 5 October 2004, President Mamadou Tandja announced the official opening of the Samira Hill Gold Mine, and the first Nigerien gold ingot was presented to him.

Yacouba Sido

Yacouba Sido (born 1910 in Maine Soroa, Niger, and died November 15 1988 in Tanout) was a Nigerien politician who served in the French Senate from 1952-1958 .

Youth Council of the French Union

By the time of a CJUF congress in Yaoundé in August 1953, the Senegalese and Nigerien Youth Councils had resigned from CJUF.

Zakari Gourouza

Zakari Gourouza (born 8 June 1982) is a Nigerien judoka from Dosso.

Zika

Damouré Zika (1923–2009), Nigerien traditional healer, broadcaster and film actor


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