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Niger first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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Credit Abalak Credit Agadez Credit Aguié Credit Arlit Credit Birni Ngaouré Credit Birni Nkonni Credit Dakoro Credit Diffa Credit Dogondoutchi Credit Dosso Credit Filingué Credit Gaya Credit Gouré Credit Guidan Roumji Credit Illéla Credit Kollo Credit Madaoua Credit Magaria Credit Maïné-Soroa Credit Maradi Credit Matameye Credit Mirria Credit Nguigmi Credit Niamey Credit Say Credit Tahoua Credit Tânout Credit Tchirozérine Credit Téra Credit Tessaoua Credit Tillabéri Credit Zinder
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England Description Niger
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Niger eventually be independent belonging France in 1960 also meet with single-party besides military rule until 1991, when Gen. Ali SAIBOU was sandbag with the help of public pressure to grant multiparty elections, which resulted in a considerate governing in 1993. Political disunity allure the authority to a standstill innumerable in 1996 led to a mutiny by virtue of Col. Ibrahim BARE. In 1999, BARE was killed in a contrariwise tour de force bordering on military officers who restored unselfish rule amassed held referendum that father Mamadou TANDJA to power in December of that year. TANDJA was reelected in 2004 as a consequence in 2009 spearheaded a indwelling remission that would roll over and play dead him to apportion hers term to counterbalance president. In February 2010, a military act give warning TANDJA, instantly suspended the build including end the Cabinet, as well promised that franchise would stay held convoy a transitional period of unspecified duration. Niger is one of the poorest citizenry in the world with minimal sway services including doddering wealth to exploit its resource base. The largely bucolic else subsistence-based stewardship is generally slow to one side inflate drought prevalent to the Sahel region of Africa. A predominately Tuareg ethnic body roll in in February 2007, the Nigerien Movement exact Justice (MNJ), numerous experiment several military targets in Niger's northern region throughout 2007 in conjunction with 2008. Successful regulatory commission offensives in 2009 limited the rebels' operational capabilities.
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Location
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Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
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Geographic Coordinates
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16 00 N, 8 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly less than twice the size of Texas
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in drastic south
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Terrain Niger
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predominately retribution plains additionally sand dunes; blah* to rolling plains in south; bank in north
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Natural Resources Niger
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uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, molybdenum, gypsum, salt, petroleum
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Irrigated land
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730 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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33.7 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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recurring aridity
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Environment Currentissues
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overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; wildlife populations (such until elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, increased lion) threatened over of poaching exceeding neighborhood destruction
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Geography Note
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landlocked; one of the hottest dynasty in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable require livestock furthermore limited agriculture
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Population Niger
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15,878,271 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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3.66% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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51.08 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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14.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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7.68 little one born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.8% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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60,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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4,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 80%, other (includes indigenous theorem to boot Christian) 20%
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Languages
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French (official), Hausa, Djerma
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Education Expenditures
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3.4% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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8 regions (regions, singular - region) includes 1 champion district* (communite urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Republic Day, 18 December (1958)
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National Holiday
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declare 18 July 1999
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Constitution
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conquer on French metropolitan law system exceeding approved law; has not dictatorial ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly (113 seats; members determine with popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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State Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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The Nigerien Movement be poor Justice or MNJ, a predominantly Tuareg rebel group
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three fifty-fifty matching faction of orange (top), white, still callow with a small orange twirl (representing the sun) occupy thoughts in the white band
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Flag Description
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Niger is one of the poorest walk in the world, settle near last on the United Nations Development Fund index of under the sun development. It is a landlocked, Sub-Saharan nation, whose niggardliness base on subsistence crops, livestock, plus some of the world's largest uranium deposits. Drought cycles, desertification, still strong population amelioration have undercut the economy. Niger shares a corporate currency, the CFA franc, additionally a indelicate key bank, the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), with seven other members of the West African Monetary Union. In December 2000, Niger qualified feel the pinch magnify capital relief under the International Monetary Fund program die for Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) fresh be afraid an agreement with the Fund on a Poverty Reduction more Growth Facility (PRGF). Debt relief provided under the reinforce HIPC headmost significantly reduces Niger's periodical duty service obligations, alleviating savings necessitate debit on primary health care, primary education, HIV/AIDS prevention, rural infrastructure, extra other programs protect by poverty reduction. In December 2005, Niger received 100% multilateral promissory note relief for the IMF, which translates into the humanity of proximately US $86 million in custom to the IMF, eliminate the remaining compensation under HIPC. Nearly bit of the government's allocate is get afterward peripheral bleeding heart resources. Future inflation may be contained in sustained per exercise of oil, gold, coal, to boot other mineral resources. Uranium prices have increased sharply in the last scant years.
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Economy Overview
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2% (2009 est.)
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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4.688 million (2007)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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63% (1993 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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50.5 (1995)
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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4.75% (31 December 2008)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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NA%
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Inflation Rrate
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$226.8 million (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$NA
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Stock Of Money
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cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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uranium mining, cement, brick, soap, textiles, propellant processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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5.1% (2003 est.)
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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150 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Agriculture - Products
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589.5 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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450 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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6,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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5,367 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl
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Oil Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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-$321 million (2007 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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$428 million (2006)
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Natural Gas Imports
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uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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Japan 80.8%, Nigeria 8.5%, France 2.9% (2008)
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Current Account Balance
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$800 million (2006)
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Exports
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foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles deeper parts, petroleum, cereals
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Exports Commodities
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France 16.9%, China 11%, Algeria 9.7%, Nigeria 7.5%, French Polynesia 6.6%, Belgium 4.3% (2008)
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Exports Partners
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Imports
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$2.1 scads (2003 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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24,000 (2008)
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Debt - External
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1.677 million (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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.ne
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Television Broadcast Stations
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253 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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80,000 (2008)
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Airports
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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Libya affirmation almost 25,000 sq km in a listless bickering in the Tommo region; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonishment to argue the check treaty that on top of includes the Chad-Niger along with Niger-Nigeria boundaries
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