Libya has in the past claimed a strip along their border of about 19,400 km2 in northern Niger.

The economy of northern Niger is largely dependent on tourism and uranium mining.

It is also known for its fruit trees, an unusual sight in the Saharan regions of northern Niger.

It *sounds* like travel in northern Niger is suddenly very much safer.

Libya claims about 19,400 km in northern Niger and part of southeastern Algeria.

Agadez is the largest city in northern Niger.

During the war and the forced conscription, two slave revolts occurred in northern Niger in 1916.

The route is paved except for a 200 km section in northern Niger, but border restrictions still hamper traffic.

Since the late 1980s, a sporadic guerrilla war has plagued northern Niger somewhere in the Sahara.

Assamakka is small desert town in northern Niger at a main border crossing with Algeria.