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Nigérien
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Nigerien nigérien
English
Noun
en Nigerien#Noun.
29 June 2005 Natasha Burley Meanwhile: Africa, viewed from an '82 Toyota https://web.archive.org/web/20221210224511/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/29/opinion/meanwhile-africa-viewed-from-an-82-toyota.html Buses overflowing with Nigériens holler good wishes, thumbs up, as I drive by, and no one peeps when I almost run over a goat.
22 February 2010 Adam Nossiter Niger Junta Gives Assurances on Democracy Plans https://web.archive.org/web/20100225063724/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/world/africa/22niger.html Junta leaders met with representatives from the United Nations, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, telling them that the new government would “work with Nigériens of all political leanings,” said Mohamed Ibn Chambas of the economic community.
5 July 2018 On the edge of the Sahara, people mourn the decline of people-smuggling https://web.archive.org/web/20180705223524/https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2018/07/05/on-the-edge-of-the-sahara-people-mourn-the-decline-of-people-smuggling Its own people have demanded action, too, after the deaths in 2013 of 92 Nigériens, mostly women and children, who had been dumped in the desert by smugglers.
8 March 2021 Niger’s president wins the Ibrahim African leadership prize https://web.archive.org/web/20210308223432/https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/03/08/nigers-president-wins-the-ibrahim-african-leadership-prize During this time the share of Nigériens who are extremely poor has fallen from about 48% to about 40%.
28 August 2022 Kevin Maurer The Candy Maker, The Cop, and The Fireman Fighting America’s Shadow War https://web.archive.org/web/20220828143553/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/niger-west-africa-american-special-forces-report-1396333/ For the Americans, 90 percent of their work is rehearsing, training, and advising. Sometimes, they will move out to a forward base in the area where the Nigériens are patrolling, but the Americans don’t follow the Nigériens to the target. Instead, advising is done via tablets and satellite phones.
Adjective
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en Nigerien#Adjective.
4 December 2017 Ben Taub Lake Chad: The World’s Most Complex Humanitarian Disaster https://web.archive.org/web/20171127102007/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/04/lake-chad-the-worlds-most-complex-humanitarian-disaster Ordinarily, humanitarian workers would classify them as Chadian “returnees.” But national governments get the final word on status, and Déby’s regime insisted that they were Nigérien refugees, deflecting responsibility and costs to the U.N.
5 July 2018 On the edge of the Sahara, people mourn the decline of people-smuggling https://web.archive.org/web/20180705223524/https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2018/07/05/on-the-edge-of-the-sahara-people-mourn-the-decline-of-people-smuggling This is largely because of bigger efforts to restrict migration through Niger. The European Union (EU) has pressed the Nigérien government to stanch the flow.
28 August 2022 Kevin Maurer The Candy Maker, The Cop, and The Fireman Fighting America’s Shadow War https://web.archive.org/web/20220828143553/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/niger-west-africa-american-special-forces-report-1396333/ Skinny Nigérien soldiers in surplus American Marine desert uniforms buzz around in Land Cruisers with spray-painted camouflage.
French
Etymology
fr :af Niger -ien
From fr Niger -ien.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Nigérien.wav <<France>> (<<Brétigny-sur-Orge>>)
Noun
m +
Nigerien (resident or native of Niger)
See also
fr Nigérian Nigerian, resident or native of Nigeria
fr Nigériane Nigerian female
fr Nationalities