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A landlocked West African country, Niger borders Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Libya, Chad and Algeria. Nigeria has experienced several periods of military rule and numerous coup-d'etats - the most recent of which, in 2010, prevented the extension of the incumbent president's rule and ensured the largely free and fair elections of 2011. Tensions remain, however, as do concerns about the persistence of slavery and forced labour, harmful traditional practices, such as early marriage and female genital mutilation and issues around the recurring conflicts with Tuareg separatists in the North.
Quick Facts
186 Human development index144 Happy planet rankingOrganisations in Niger
- Association Burkinabe pour la Survie de l'Enfance
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Canadian International Development Agency
- CARE USA
- Global Campaign for Education
- Global March Against Child Labour
- GOAL Ireland
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Federation of Social Workers
- International Planned Parenthood Federation
- P.A.U. Education
- Plan International - Sweden
- Reseau Nigerien pour l'Enfance
- Save the Children Sweden - Regional Office for West Africa
- SOS Children's Villages International
- Tearfund
- UNESCO
- Winrock International
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
- World Vision - Canada
- World Vision - UK