President Mahamadou Issoufou has called on France to renew its commitment in fighting terrorist organization Boko Harm, according to Times Live. The Nigerien leader requested increased intelligence and other forms of military assistance. France intends to send more troops to the region to help African states counter terrorism.
Nigerien leaders have asked the European Union for one billion euros to tackle a wide-scale migration problem, according to Reuters. Niger is using a transit route by many West African migrants in order to reach the EU. Niger is one of the world’s poorest countries and has been the target of repeated attacks by terrorist organizations.
In February, incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou failed to reach the necessary threshold for the second-round ballot process, leading to a runoff that took place on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. Officials flew primary opponent Hama Amadou to France to receive medical treatment.
Niger is a Lower income economies coming under the Sub Saharan African region as to the classification made by the World Bank on the basis of income and region for the year 2006.
It is one among the poorest economies over the world largely dependent upon agriculture. Agriculture constitutes more than 40% of the total Gross Domestic Product.
The Niger Delta, where the wealth underground is out of all proportion with the poverty on the surface,
has endured the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill every year for 50 years by some estimates.
The oil pours out nearly every week, and some swamps are long since lifeless.
Perhaps no place on earth has been as battered by oil, experts say, leaving residents here astonished at the nonstop attention paid to the gusher half a world away in the Gulf of Mexico.
In ranking countries on per capita GDP terms internationally, Niger is one of the poorest of all countries. This sub-Saharan country has an economy that depends on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the largest uranium deposits in the world. Unfortunately, Niger has been faced with a number of economic challenges due to ongoing cycles of drought, strong general populace growth, and desertification. Because of the state of the economy, this country was granted enhanced public debt relief under the International Monetary Fund program.
