It borders Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west.

In contrast, Fezzan's borders with Algeria, Niger, and Chad are seldom crossed because of the almost total emptiness of the desert countryside.

Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and Côte d ' Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west.

Mali consists of eight regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara, while the country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and Sénégal rivers.

Niger also has short borders in its far southwest frontier ( Burkina Faso at 628 km and Benin at 266 km ) and to the northnortheast ( Libya at 354 km ).

Niger has ongoing processes delimiting sections of their borders with Burkina Faso and Mali, disputes which date back to the colonial period.

Within the colonial administration, borders were frequently changed, with Niger colony once possessing large portions of what is now Burkina Faso and Mali, as well as much of northern Chad, later associated with French Equatorial Africa.

Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

Mauritania and Niger only include a band of the Sahel along their southern borders.

The Portuguese colonisers were expelled from Cape Bojador and from Cap Blanc and the borders of Morocco were moved up to the Senegal River in the south-west and to the Niger River in the south-east ( see: Battle of Tondibi in 1591 ).

Most Tuareg live in the Saharan parts of Niger and Mali but, being nomadic, they move constantly across national borders, and small groups of Tuareg are also found in southeastern Algeria, southwestern Libya and northern Burkina Faso, and a small community in northern Nigeria.

In 1894 after the invasion and destruction of Brohomi, the trading town of the chief Nana Olomu, the leading Itsekiri trader in the Benin River District by a combined British Royal Navy and Niger Coast Protectorate forces, Benin Kingdom increased her military presence on her southern borders.

The province contains one petroleum system, the " Tertiary Niger Delta ( Akata-Agbada ) Petroleum System " ( classified as number 701901 ), the majority of which lies within the borders of Nigeria, with suspected or proven access to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe.

To the southeast, Murzuq borders the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region of Chad, and to the southwest it borders the Agadez Department of Niger.

The department borders the countries of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria.

These pastoralist populations often cross the borders of Algeria, Chad and Niger freely.

Several archaeological sites that date from this time are dotted across the deserts along the borders of Niger, Algeria and Libya ..

It is a vast plateau in south-east Algeria at the borders of Libya and Niger, covering an area of 72, 000 km < sup > 2 </ sup >.

This meant that the original expedition had now accomplished all its main aims: surveying the lands of Northern Nigeria and Niger ( contributing to a clearer Franco-British delimitation of the colonial borders ), uniting with the Foureau-Lamy mission and destroying Rabih's empire, which permitted the institution in September by the French government of the Military territory of Chad.

They live in the borders of Niger, in small towns constituted of small houses.

It is situated along the borders among Algeria, Niger and Mali, west of the Hoggar mountains.

It borders the Diffa Region and the Zinder Region to the north in The Republic of Niger.

* West African Agricultural Market Observer / Observatoire du Marché Agricole ( RESIMAO ), a project of the West-African Market Information Network ( WAMIS-NET ), provides live market and commodity prices from fifty seven regional and local public agricultural markets across Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d ' Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Togo, and Nigeria.

* West African Agricultural Market Observer / Observatoire du Marché Agricole ( RESIMAO ), a project of the West-African Market Information Network ( WAMIS-NET ), provides live market and commodity prices from fifty seven regional and local public agricultural markets across Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d ' Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Togo, and Nigeria.

* West African Agricultural Market Observer / Observatoire du Marché Agricole ( RESIMAO ), a project of the West-African Market Information Network ( WAMIS-NET ), provides live market and commodity prices from fifty seven regional and local public agricultural markets across Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d ' Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Togo, and Nigeria.

Mali shares a total of 7, 243 kilometers of land boundaries with seven bordering states: Algeria ( 1, 376 kilometers ) to the north and northeast, Niger ( 821 kilometers ) to the east, Burkina Faso ( 1, 000 kilometers ) to the southeast, Côte d ’ Ivoire ( 532 kilometers ) to the south, Guinea ( 858 kilometers ) to the southwest, and Senegal ( 419 kilometers ) and Mauritania ( 2, 237 kilometers ) to the west.

The High Court is a provisional institution for the trial of political figures, overseen by the Supreme Court of Niger but formed from seven sitting deputies of the National Assembly of Niger.

By 2002, PETRONAS had signed seven new PSCs and secured stakes in eight exploration blocks in eight countries, including Gabon, Cameroon, Niger, Egypt, Yemen, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

The Agadez Region represents 52 % of the total area of Niger, the largest of its seven regions.

The Region of Maradi is one of seven Regions of Niger.

The NTC has been in negotiations with Algeria and Niger, neighboring countries to which members of the government and defecting military commanders have fled, attempting to secure the arrest and extradition of Al-Saadi Gaddafi and others.

Were any railways in Niger to interconnect with railways of adjacent countries, choosing the best gauge will be tricky.

As of March 2006, Nigeria and Niger expected to move forward with plans to establish a rail link between the two countries.

Both ports are not only responsible for Nigeria ’ s seaborne trade but also serve inland countries such as Niger and Chad.

The construction of dams for hydropower generation is underway or envisaged in order to alleviate chronic power shortages in the countries of the Niger basin.

The FAO estimates the irrigation potential of all countries in the Niger river basin at 2. 8 million hectares.

In order to further coordinate their efforts, in April 2008 the riparian countries which form the Niger Basin Authority adopted a Niger Basin Water Charta, a basin-wide 30-year investment plan and a 5-year priority investment plan.

Its port operates 24 hours a day, mainly transporting goods to the inland countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

Millets are important crops in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa ( especially in India, Nigeria, and Niger ), with 97 % of millet production in developing countries.

The 2010 Sahel famine hit millions in Niger and across West Africa face food shortages after erratic rains hit farming in countries in the Sahel region south of the Sahara desert, the European Commission's aid group said Thursday.

The erratic rains in the 2009 / 2010 agricultural season have resulted in an enormous deficit in food production in these countries ," he said of nations such as Niger, Chad, northern Burkina Faso and northern Nigeria.

A fund of about £ 20, 000 was distributed to the crisis-hit countries of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.

There are also road connections to several neighboring countries: Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Togo.

The city is a so-called " market town ," enabling trade with the countries of the African interior, such as Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

" Lake Chad is economically important, providing water to more than 30 million people living in the four countries surrounding it ( Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria ) on the edge of the Sahara Desert.

Several countries once had diplomatic relations with Israel, but have since broken or suspended them ( Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela in Latin America ; Mauritania in the Arab League ; Chad, Guinea, Mali and Niger in non-Arab Africa ; and Iran until the Islamic revolution ).

African countries where they are present include Mauritania, Ghana, Senegal, Guinea, The Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Côte d ' Ivoire, Niger, Chad, Togo, the Central African Republic, Liberia, and as far as Sudan and Egypt in the East.

Economically poor countries such as Niger and Bangladesh have far more teenage mothers compared with economically rich countries such as Switzerland and Japan.

He made his first trip to Africa in the winter of 1959 – 60, visiting the West African countries of Ghana, Niger, and what was then called Dahomey ( now Benin ).

Wild PV3 is found in parts of only five countries ( Nigeria, Niger, Pakistan, India, and Sudan ).

Lozi, also known as siLozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language of the Niger – Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S ( S. 30 ), that is spoken by the Lozi people, primarily in southwestern Zambia and in surrounding countries.

* The Niger Yellowcake scandal was due to American intelligence believing " transparently forged documents " purporting to show a contract between the countries.