Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagescolonial period (1899–1960), largely relying upon animal, human, and limited river transport in the far southwest and southeast. No railways were constructed in the colonial period, and roads outside the capital remained unpaved. The

Niger River The Niger River ( ; ) is the main river of West Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through ...

is unsuitable for large-scale river transport, as it lacks depth for most of the year and is broken by rapids in many areas.

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transport was historically important in the

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and Sahel regions which cover most of northern Niger.

Governance

Transport, including motor vehicles, highways, airports, and port authorities, is overseen by the Nigerien Ministry of Transport's Directorate for Land Water and Air Transport ("''Ministère des Transport et de l'aviation civile/Direction des Transports Terrestres, Maritimes et Fluviaux''"). Border controls and import/export duties are overseen by independent tax police, the "''Police du Douanes.”'' Air traffic control is overseen and operated in conjunction with the pan-African ASECNA, which bases one of its five air traffic zones at

Niamey Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital dis ...

's Hamani Diori International Airport.^{/sup> A non-governmental body, the Nigerien Council of Users of Public Transport ("''Conseil Nigérien des Utilisateurs des Transports Publics CNUT''”) advocates on behalf of users of public transport, including roads and airports.^{/sup>

Highways

Outside of cities, the first major paved roads were constructed between the northern town of Arlit

Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. It is 200 km south by road from the border with ...
to the Benin

Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...
border in the 1970s and 1980s. This road, dubbed the ''Uranium Highway'',^{/sup> runs through Arlit

Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. It is 200 km south by road from the border with ...
, Agadez

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, Tahoua

Tahoua is a city in Niger and the administrative centre of the Department of Tahoua and the larger Tahoua Region.Tah ...
, Birnin-Konni, and Niamey

Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital dis ...
, and is part of the Trans-Sahara Highway
The Trans-Sahara Highway or TAH 2 is a proposed transnational highway project to pave, improve and ease border formalities on an existing trade route running north–south across the Sahara Desert. It runs between North Africa bordered by the Medi ...
system.

An additional paved highway runs from Niamey via Maradi and Zinder

Zinder (locally, ''Damagaram''), formerly also spelled Sinder, is the third largest city in Niger, with a population of 170,574 (2001 census);
towards Diffa

Diffa is a city and Urban Commune in the extreme southeast of Niger, near the border with Nigeria. It is the administrative seat of both Diffa Region, and the smaller Diffa Department.Geels, Jolijn, (2006) ''Bradt Travel Guide - Niger'', pgs. ...
in the far east of the nation, although the stretch from Zinder to Diffa is only partially paved. Portions of this route are used by the Trans-Sahel Highway route. The Niger section is 837 km long (of which 600 km was in poor condition as of 2000), via Niamey, Dosso, Dogondoutchi

Dongondoutchi ("High Hill", also nicknamed Doutchi) is a commune in Niger. It is located about 300 km east of the capital Niamey and 40 km from the Nigerian border. It lies on national route 1 which links the capital to the towns of ...
, Birnin-Konni and Maradi to the Nigerian

Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...
border at Jibiya.

Other roads range from all-weather laterite surfaces to grated dirt or sand Pistes, especially in the arid north.

The United States government in 1996 estimated there were a total of 10100 km of highways in Niger, with 798 km paved and 9302 km, unpaved, but making no distinction between improved or all-weather roads and unimproved roads.^{/sup> In 2012, there were 19,675 km (12,225 mi) of road network throughout Niger, of which only 4,225 km (2,625 mi) were paved.^{/sup>

Routes Nationale

The national road system ("Routes Nationale") is numbered and prefixed with "RN”, as RN1. The numbering system contains routes or sections which are as yet unpaved or even unimproved tracks. ''Route Nationale no. 25'', for example, is a major paved highway from Niamey to Filingué

Filingue is a town in southwestern Niger and is the capital city of Filingue Department.
It is situated on the eastern bank of the Dallol Bosso valley, some 180 km northeast of Niger's capital city Niamey.
As pools of stagnant water remain in t ...
, follows the partially improved ''Route Nationale no. 26'' towards Abala, veers off onto a dirt track (locally called a ''Piste'') from the villages of Talcho to Sanam, where RN26 also terminates from another direction. RN25 then continues along a piste through a largely uninhabited desert for almost 100 km before reaching the city of Tahoua

Tahoua is a city in Niger and the administrative centre of the Department of Tahoua and the larger Tahoua Region.Tah ...
, served by other major paved roads. The main "Uranium Highway" then coincides with the RN25 to Arlit

Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. It is 200 km south by road from the border with ...
in the far north. Consequently, the informal names for the routes (e.g., "Uranium Highway") serve a somewhat more practical purpose than the RN numbers.^{2] /sup>

Road transport

Nigerians in both urban and rural areas rely on a combination of motor vehicles and animals for the transport of themselves and commercial goods. Road transport is the major form of travel across the huge distances between Nigerian population centers, though most Nigerians do not own vehicles. In cities, public transport systems are largely absent, so a variety of privately operated services carry many urban dwellers. Vans, cars, motor coaches, trucks, and even converted motorbikes provide paid transport. Intercity coach systems are the standard form of personal transport, with the government operating one bus service (the Sociéte Nigerienne de Transports de Voyageurs, SNTV) and a multitude of buses, " bush taxis" (''taxi brousse''), small vans, and semi-converted trucks taking passengers and goods. Services are sometimes scheduled from the "Highway stations" ("Gares routières") found in every town but are more frequently ad hoc: vehicles ply the trade between towns, picking up at stations or anywhere along the route, and departing only when full.^{/sup>

Animals pulling wagons and loaded camel trains remain a common sight on Nigerian roads.^{/sup>

Motor vehicle regulation

Vehicles in Niger are subject to the "Laws of the Road" ("''Code de la route''”), for which the government began a continuing reform in 2004-2006 and is based substantially on French models.^{/sup> Vehicles travel on the right side of the road, and roads use French-style signage.^{/sup> Routes Nationale is marked with the traditional French Milestones
A milestone is a marker of distance along roads.

Milestone may also refer to:
Measurements
*Milestone (project management), metaphorically, markers of reaching an identifiable stage in any task or the project
*Software release life cycle state, s ...
: a white tablet with a red top, marked with the route number. Vehicles owners must obtain a Registration document (“''carte grise''") and Vehicle license plates ("''plaques d’immatriculation''"), which are of similar manufacture to those in Guinea and Mali

Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
.^{/sup> Licence plates usually contain the national code "RN" for international travel.^{/sup> Niger is a signatory of the September 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic

The Convention on Road Traffic, commonly known as the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, is an international treaty promoting the development and safety of international road traffic by establishing certain uniform rules among the contracting pa ...
and thus honours International drivers’ licenses

A license (or licence) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).

A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
from other signatories.^{/sup> Drivers’ licenses are regulated through the national Ministry of Transport but issued by local officials.^{/sup> Drivers must pass a driver’s test to qualify.^{/sup>

A 2009 enforcement blitz in Niamey resulted in numerous arrests of owners of small motorbikes, common in Nigerien cities. One newspaper reported that most riders believed erroneously that there was no license or regulation required by law for motorbikes under 50cc in engine size, although these had been regulated in law since 2002 but not enforced.^{/sup> Motorbikes are also common means of public transport in some Nigerien cities. These motorcycle "''taxis motos''", or "''kabu kabu''", are the primary form of taxis in cities like Zinder, Agadez, and Maradi. In Zinder, a 2009 local newspaper report claimed there were no more than "three to five" automobile taxis operating in a diffuse city, which subsequently relies upon the only partially regulated motorcycle taxi sector.^{/sup>

Road safety

Road accidents have been identified as a major public health concern by the Nigerien government. According to Chékarou Bagoudou, Chief of the Division of Road Safety and Security of the Nigerien Ministry of Transport, there were 4338 officially reported road accidents in 2008, with 7443 victims, of which 616 were killed. With the Nigerien government counting 18949 km of roads in the nation, this comes to one accident for every five kilometers in 2008. Speaking before a National Assembly session, Bagoudou said that the 42.2 billion CFA francs spent on medical costs for road accident victims accounted for around 25% of the 2008 budget of the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health. Transport figures concluded that 70% of road accidents were caused by "human factors", 23% by mechanical faults and 7% by road conditions.Journée parlementaire à l'Assemblée nationale : la question de la sécurité routière en débat à l'hémicycle
. Zabeirou Moussa. Le Sahel, Niamey. 8 May 2009.

Waterways

The Niger River

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is navigable 300 km from Niamey

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to Gaya on the Benin

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frontier from mid-December to March. Thereafter a series of falls and rapids render the Niger unnavigable in all seasons. In the navigable stretches, shallows prevent all but the small draft African canoes (Pirogue

A pirogue ( or ), also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and native canoes. The word is French and is derived from Spanish , which comes from the Carib '. Description
The term 'pirogue' does n ...
s and Pinnases) from operating in many areas. As there is only one major bridge over the Niger (The Kennedy Bridge in Niamey

Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital dis ...
: the Niger River bridge at Gaya crosses into Benin), car ferries

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are of crucial importance, especially the crossing at Bac Farie, 40 km north of Niamey on the RN4, and the car ferry at Ayorou

Ayourou (or Ayorou or Ayerou) is a town and rural commune in the Tillabéri Region, in western Niger.
.

Despite having no ocean or deep draft river ports, Niger does operate a ports authority. Niger relies on the port at Cotonou (Benin

Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...
), and to a lesser degree Lomé

Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437
(Togo

Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
), and Port Harcourt (Nigeria

Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
), as its main route to overseas trade. Abidjan

Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city p ...
was in the process of regaining Niger's port trade, following the disruption of the Ivorian Civil War, beginning in 1999. Niger operates a Nigerien Ports Authority station, as well as customs and tax offices in a section of Cotonou's port, so that imports and exports can be directly transported between Gaya and the port. French Uranium mines in Arlit

Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. It is 200 km south by road from the border with ...
, which produce Niger's largest exports by value, travel through this port to France or the world market.

Airports

The US government estimated there were 27 airports and/or landing strips in Niger as of 2007.CIA World Factbook: Niger
updated on 20 November 2008 Nine (9) of these had paved runways, 18 with unpaved landing strips. ICAO Codes for Niger are prefixed "DR".

Of the 9 Airports with paved runway

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s, 2 with paved strips from 2,438 to 3,047 m: Diori Hamani International Airport

Diori Hamani International Airport is an airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger. It is located from Niamey in the south eastern suburbs of the city, along the Route Nationale 1, the major highway linking Niamey with the east of the nation. Th ...
and Mano Dayak International Airport. These are the only two Nigerien airports with regular international commercial flights. Six of the remainder have strips between 1,524 and 2,437 m, while one is under 914 m. 18 additional airports have unpaved runways 15 of them with strips between 914 and 1,523 m.

Major airports (with ICAO code and IATA code
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) include:
* DRRM (MFQ) – Maradi Airport – Maradi
* DRRN (NIM) – Diori Hamani International Airport

Diori Hamani International Airport is an airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger. It is located from Niamey in the south eastern suburbs of the city, along the Route Nationale 1, the major highway linking Niamey with the east of the nation. Th ...
– Niamey

Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital dis ...

* DRRT (THZ) – Tahoua Airport

Tahoua Airport is an airport serving Tahoua, Niger

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– Tahoua

Tahoua is a city in Niger and the administrative centre of the Department of Tahoua and the larger Tahoua Region.Tah ...

* DRZA (AJY) – Mano Dayak International Airport – Agadez

Agadez ( Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, ''Agadaz''), formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. The capital of Agadez Region, it lies in the Sahara desert, and is also ...
South
* DRZL (RLT) – Arlit Airport – Arlit

Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. It is 200 km south by road from the border with ...

* DRZR (ZND) – Zinder Airport

Zinder International Airport is a civil airport serving Zinder, Niger. Owned and formerly managed by the Agence nationale de l'aviation civile du Niger, from 11 February 2020 management has been under the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in ...
– Zinder

Zinder (locally, ''Damagaram''), formerly also spelled Sinder, is the third largest city in Niger, with a population of 170,574 (2001 census);
* DRZF () – Diffa Airport

Diffa Airport is an airport serving Diffa, a town in Niger

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– Diffa

Diffa is a city and Urban Commune in the extreme southeast of Niger, near the border with Nigeria. It is the administrative seat of both Diffa Region, and the smaller Diffa Department.Geels, Jolijn, (2006) ''Bradt Travel Guide - Niger'', pgs. ...

* DRZD () – Dirkou Airport

Dirkou Airport is an airport serving the isolated Saharan outpost of Dirkou, Niger. It is southwest of the city center.
In early 2018 the airport saw extensive expansion during construction of a base for Central Intelligence Agency drone operat ...
– Dirkou

Dirkou is a town in the Bilma Department, Agadez Region of north-eastern Niger. It lies in the northern Kaouar escarpment, a north–south line of cliffs which form an isolated oasis in the Sahara desert. As of 2011, the commune had a total po ...

* DRRB (BKN) – Birni N'Konni Airport – Birni N'Konni

Other airstrips (with ICAO codes) include:

*DRRI Bilma

Bilma is an oasis town and commune in north east Niger with, as of the 2012 census, a total population of 4,016 people.
It lies protected from the desert dunes under the Kaouar Cliffs and is the largest town along the Kaouar escarpment. It ...

*DRRC Dogondoutchi

Dongondoutchi ("High Hill", also nicknamed Doutchi) is a commune in Niger. It is located about 300 km east of the capital Niamey and 40 km from the Nigerian border. It lies on national route 1 which links the capital to the towns of ...

*DRRD Dosso
*DRRG Gaya
*DRZG Goure
*DRZI Iferouane

Iferouane (french: link=no, Iférouane), also spelled Iferouan, is an oasis town and commune in northern Niger, in Agadez Department. It is located northeast of Arlit in the northern Aïr,
in the Ighazar valley
near the Tamgak Range.

Iferou ...

*DRRP La Tapoa
*DRZM Maine Soroa
*DRZN N'guigmi

N'guigmi is a city and Commune of fifteen thousand in the easternmost part of Niger, very near to Lake Chad – lying on its shore until the lake retreated. It is a crossroads for the traditional camel caravans of the Toureg and for traders p ...

*DRRU Ouallam Ouallam is a town around 90 km north of Niamey in southwestern Niger. It is the capital of Ouallam Department, one of four departments in the Tillabéri Region.
Culture
Historically centered in the lands of the Djerma people, Ouallam has impo ...

*DRZT Tanout

Tanout is a town in southern Niger. It is in Zinder Region, Tanout Department, north of the city of Zinder. It is the administrative capital of Tanout Department.
History
Since 1987, the Eden Foundation, an NGO aiming at providing trees for "d ...

*DRRA Tessaoua

Tessaoua, formerly known as Tessawa, is a city located in the Maradi Region of Niger. It has a population of 31,667 (2001 census). Tessaoua is historically an important city in its region. It is situated in a central geographical location. Tessa ...

*DRRE Téra
*DRRL Tillabery
*DRRZ Tillia

Tillia is a village and rural commune in Niger

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Railway

Niger is a user of the Benin and Togo railway lines which carry goods from seaports to the Niger border. Rail lines to Niamey

Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital dis ...
and other points in Niger were proposed during the colonial period, and continue to be discussed. In 2012, a multi-national railway system was proposed to connect Benin

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, Niger

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, official_languages =
, languages_type = National languagesBurkina Faso

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and Ivory Coast.

Other lines connecting Nigeria

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to Niger

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, official_languages =
, languages_type = National languagesNigeria

Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
, the Vice President of Nigeria

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Namadi Sambo announced that Nigeria is to construct a line into the Republic of Niger. The new track will be an extension the existing branch from Zaria

Zaria is a List of Nigerian cities by population, metropolitan city in Nigeria which at the present time lies within four (4) local government areas in Kaduna State, Kaduna state; it happens to be the capital city to the Zazzau, Zazzau Emirate ...
to Kaura-Namoda, which is to be continued via Sokoto

Sokoto is a major city located in extreme northwestern Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006 it has a population of over 427,760. Sokoto is the modern-day capital of Sokoto State and was previously the ...
to Birnin Kebbi

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Kebbi is mostly a Hausa and Fulani state, with ...
. In the longer term it will extend the line across the border to Niamey

Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital dis ...
, capital of Niger. The existing branch is currently out of commission, but rehabilitation has commenced.

In April 2014, Niamey Railway Station

Niamey (french: Gare de Niamey), colloquially also known as ''Niamey Hippodrome'', is the main railway station of the city of Niamey, the capital of Niger. Located near the Niamey Racecourse (''Hippodrome de Niamey''), in Niamey IV borough, is ...
was officially inaugurated and construction began for the railway extension connecting Niamey

Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital dis ...
to Cotonou via Parakou

Parakou is the largest city in northern Benin, with an estimated population of around 206,667 people, and capital of the Borgou Department. Administratively the commune of Parakou makes up one of Benin's 77 communes. Since 2015, its mayor is Sour ...
(Benin). This railway line is expected to go through Dosso city and Gaya in the territory of Niger before crossing into Benin

Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...
. The line Niamey

Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital dis ...
– Dosso city is expected to be completed before December 2014.

See also

* Geography of Niger

Niger is a landlocked nation in West Africa located along the border between the Sahara and Sub-Saharan regions. Its geographic coordinates are longitude 16°N and latitude 8°E. Its area is 1.267 million square kilometers, of which 1 266 ...

* Seasonal migration in Niger
* Railway stations in Niger
* Railway stations in Benin

There has been continuous provision of rail transport in Benin since 1906. Railway stations in Benin include:

Maps
UN Map Benin Operational

* Cotonou - (0 km) port
* Porto Novo - national capital; cement factory
* Bohicon
* Dassa-Z ...

References

*Jolijn Geels. Niger. Bradt UK/ Globe Pequot Press USA (2006)
*Samuel Decalo. Historical Dictionary of Niger (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press, Boston & Folkestone, (1997)
*Abdou Bontianti et Issa Abdou Yonlihinza
La RN 6 : un exemple d’intégration économique sous-régionale et un facteur de désenclavement du Niger
Les Cahiers d’Outre-Mer, 241-242 January–June 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2009.

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