THE WHOLE HISTORY OF NIGER
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Welcome to Countries Facts so Today in this Article I will show you the whole history of niger republic niger is a country in west africa named after the niger river it is a landlocked country bordered on all sides by libya chad nigeria benin republic mali burkina faso and algeria niger is the largest country in west africa although over 80 percent of its land area lies in the sahara desert the country's population stands at about 22 million and the capital and largest city is nyami nigeri republic is a multi-ethnic society with different groups which include the hausa which is the largest zarmasungai taureg fula and kanuri to mention bought a few french is expectedly the official language having been inherited from the colonial period however it is mostly a second language for most nigerians as in many cases they speak their own dialect as their first language depending on their ethnic group there are 10 recognized national languages in niger but hausa and zamasungai are the two most spoken islam is the most widely practiced religion in nigeria public having been around the region since the 10th century up to 99 of the population are muslims while the remaining one percent are christians and animists besides the mali and songhai empires which dominated part of modern day niger other kingdoms of influence in the region include the sultanate of ire and kanembornu empire at around 1449 the sultanate of ire was founded by sultan ilisawan in agazes in what is now northern niger the sultanates grew from a small trading post to a large and wealthy sultanate thanks to its strategic position on the trans-saharan trade routes it was however short-lived as it was conquered in 1515 by sungai and became part of the songhai empire until 1591 when sungai 2 collapsed the canon borno empire dominated the region around lake chad from the 700s to the 1700s founded in the 8th century and based in injimi near lake chad the kingdom began to expand notably during the saiphawa dynasty in the 11th century major trans-saharan trade routes were under the empire's control and it grew wealthy as a result in the 14th century the empire was forced by attacks to move westwards of lake chad where it became known as borno empire with its new capital in gaza gamu on the modern ninja nigeria border mai idris aluma was one of the most prominent rulers of borno then which was around 1575-1610 the empire prospered greatly under him but by the late 17th century into the 18th the empire gradually declined and shrunk back to its lake chad heartland other smaller kingdoms that existed in pre-colonial nigeria republic include the doso kingdom which was founded in 1750 nigeria was colonized by the french who began advancing on the region in the late 19th century after decades of french rule it became an autonomous state within the french community in 1958 and went on to achieve full independence on the 3rd of august 1960 with harmony durie as the first president nigeria was a one-party civilian state under president harmony durie for its first 14 years after independence jerry survived a coup and an assassination attempt in 1963 and 1965 respectively he was eventually overthrown in a coup in 1974 amid economic difficulties accusations of corruption and mismanagement cornell say nikunji the mastermind of the coup and a small group of military officers under the name of the consail military supreme set up the first military regime of niger kunche ruled until his death in 1987 his chief of staff connell ali saibu succeeded him saibu introduced some political reforms and set up a single party as the political platform he was elected as the first president of the second republic in 1989 but agitations for multi-party politics continued and that became a reality in 1992 under a new constitution in 1993 mahamani usmani became the first president of the third republic after winning the presidential elections usmania's presidency was faced with political turbulence which prompted the military to intervene and remove him from office in 1996. colonel ibrahim barry took over the government but he too was assassinated at the nyami airport on the 9th of april 1999. the intrigues in nigeria's politics continued with a coup and a change of government three times before the seventh republic began in 2010 with mahamadu isufu elected as president nigeria has a moderate foreign policy and keeps friendly relations with the west the islamic world and non-aligned countries it is a member of the united nations serving in the u.n security council between 1980 and 1981 it also maintains good relations with its west african neighbors niger is made up of seven regions and one capital district these regions are further subdivided into 36 departments which are in turn broken into hundreds of communes of varying types her economy rests on subsistence crops livestock and uranium of which the country has some of the world's largest deposits drought cycles and desertification are some of the challenges that negatively impact the economy its gdp stood at 9.29 billion us dollars as at 2018. the guard wall and curisali that is salt cure festivals are two prominent festivals celebrated in nigeria republic the grey wolf festival is celebrated by the fula that is would that be people as an animal courtship ritual during this festival young men paint their faces and dress in elaborate ornamentation they gather in lines to dance and sing to get the attention of young women who they hope will choose them as husbands the guerrero festival has received international attraction and has been featured in films and documentaries such as national geographic la curisali is an anno festival marked by the tuareg and fula nomads to celebrate the end of the rainy season it usually lasts for three days and features a parrot of tuareg camel riders followed with camel and horse races there are also lots of dancing music and storytelling nigeria republic is not short of interesting and beautiful sides some of these sites include the musee national bobo hammer which is the national museum of niger located in miami thousands of tourists visit the museum each year to see the rich collection of antiques preserved then there is the grand mosque of niyami and lake chad whose water serves about 30 million people from the four countries surrounding it including niger sadly the lake has shrunk by about 90 in size between 1963 to 1998. the city of agadez lying in the desert with its 1 000 year history is also a place to visit in nigeria republic what have we missed out of this history let us know in the comment section will it be ridiculous to subscribe to our website if no please like this Article share and subscribe to our website Thanks.
