Guides and Directories

BBC News - Country Profile: Niger
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1054396.stm

CIA - The World Factbook: Niger
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ng.html

ClickAfrique: Niger
Brief facts, map, flag, and links.
http://www.clickafrique.com/Reference.asp?param=niger

Columbia University Libraries - African Studies: Niger
Directory of categorized and annotated links.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/Niger.html

Friends of Niger (FON)
A nonprofit corporation which supports activities related to Niger and its people. Features news, political coverage, the newsletter Camel Express, and links.
http://www.friendsofniger.org/

The Index on Africa - Niger
Extensive set of categorized and annotated links to web resources from the Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA).
http://www.afrika.no/index/Countries/Niger/

NationMaster - Niger
Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ng-niger

Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Niger
Annotated directory of links to web resources.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/niger.html

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Niger
Overview of Niger's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/sub-saharan-africa/niger

University of Colorado - GovPubs: Niger
Links to resources from the country's own government, the United States, the United Nations and international sources.
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/niger.htm

University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: Niger
Annotated directory of links to resources about Niger.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Niger.html

US Department of State - Niger
Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, USAID page, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Country and Industry Market Reports.
http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/ng/

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Niger
Annotated directory of selected online resources.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/niger/niger.html

USAfrica: Niger
General information and links.
http://us-africa.tripod.com/niger.html

Wikipedia - Niger
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture of the West African country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger