Niger

Western AfricaCapital Niamey7 neighbours

Niger is a country in Western Africa, Africa. Its capital is Niamey. Niger is next to Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali and Nigeria.

A way to remember it

A big landlocked blob in the Sahara, sitting directly north of Nigeria and not to be mixed up with it.

Good to know

The Niger River, which gave it its name, flows through its south-western corner.