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Niger

Intro

Niger is a West African country. It attained Independence on 3rd August 1960.   

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Political It has a presidential with legislature system of government. The last elections were held on 21st February 2016. Source, International Foundation for Electoral Systems.
Economical

The currency is CFA Franc - XOF and the main economic activity is Services.

GDP latest $ 8.169 Billions

Gini Coefficient 31.5 (2013). Source, World Bank, Wikipedia.

ICT

TLCcD is .ne

Penetration of Internet 2.0%

Regulator is L’Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et de la Poste (ARTP).

Population The country’s population stood at 19.27 Million as at 2015. Source, World Bank
Urbanization/Rural population 18.0%/ 82.0%. Source, United Nations Population Division.

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