Niger - please pray for the children in this country. Please read on to find out more about Niger.

Niger

Niger is a country in the Sahara Desert. It is bordered by Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Algeria. 

Population: 17.16 million people as per 2012.

President: Mahamadou Issoufou.

Status: Republic

Average wage: $0.37 per hour in 2008

Average temperature: 31 to 41 degrees Celsius.

Currency: West African CFA Franc.

Capital: Niamey.

Education: Deficient.

Exports: Uranium ore, gold, onions, beans, meat.

Popular Dishes: 1.Dodo (Fried Plantain), 2. Efo (greens stew), 3.Jollof Rice, and palm nut soup (no picture).

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Popular foods: Beans, black eyed peas (not the band), chicken, cassava root *, chickpeas, dates, fish, goat, millet and sorghum, groundnuts, corn, mango, ogbono #, onion, plantain (banana), rice, squash, yams. 

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Types of housing: 

Most popular sport: Traditional Wrestling.

Most popular music: currently Hip-Hop.

Health: sub-standard

Life expectancy: 55 years as per 2011.

National anthem: La Nigerienne.

Other major cities: Dosso, Zinder, Agadez, Marzdi.