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Village on the river Niger£569.25 (including 15 % tax) |
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Ask a question about this product The River Niger, which is the third-longest in Africa (2,600 miles, or 4,200 km), has its source in the heights of the Fouta Djalon in Guinea. It crosses nine countries until it reaches a vast delta in Nigeria, where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. More than 100 million people live on its banks, trading on the river, fishing, raising cattle, and farming to the rhythm of the rise and fall of the waters between August and January. But the drop in rainfall recorded since 1970 has resulted in increased silting: waste matter and plant debris is accumulating, and the waterflow is decreasing. In order to save the Niger and prevent an ecological and economic disaster, the governments of the nine countries have formed an association, the ABN (Niger Basin Authority), which will jointly oversee the restoration and use of the river. This is a positive initiative at a time when transnational sharing of river waters is still a major source of tension between many countries. |
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