Talk:Niger

Coordinate error

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—102.164.97.59 (talk) 21:02, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

You haven't said what you think is wrong with the coordinates in the article, and they appear to be correct. If you still think that there is an error, you'll need to supply a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 22:42, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Untitled

scramble created the current 'african nations' 103.137.93.103 (talk) 00:36, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

French is no longer the official language

It changed today to Hausa 2800:A4:1102:E300:351B:C802:C57A:AB80 (talk) 16:42, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done (CC) Tbhotch^™ 16:52, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

in main topic about Niger you put a text and a broken wiki link to "Hasua language". Please check the spelling 134.191.196.183 (talk) 07:14, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Fixed (CC) Tbhotch^™ 05:13, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Country's name

As Hausa (also written in Latin alphabet) is now the country's official language, should we rename this article (and all related ones) to "Nijar" or wait for few more decades? 152.132.14.7 (talk) 14:31, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

The name of the country in English is Niger RossoSPC (talk) 10:17, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

LLM text?

@TurboSuperA+: Hi there. I see you tagged this article for possibly incorporating text from an LLM, but you never gave your reasoning for why you suspected this, neither in the edit summary or on the talk page. Per the guidelines for using the template, could you give an explanation for why you suspect this article uses LLM-generated text and which specific parts of it you suspect? Thanks. --Grnrchst (talk) 12:00, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

In the Niger#Governance and Politics section (first paragraph) one of the sources is: "https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/usdos/2010/en/72356?utm_source=chatgpt.com". Since then the LLM template has been modified, so I moved it from the top of the article to the section. TurboSuperA+_[talk] 03:59, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for tagging it!

The issue seems to have been this diff, which only affected the lead paragraph of the section, specifically its sources.

Going over the sources, they all exist and seem to help confirm claims made in that paragraph, although one is duplicated from earlier in the same paragraph (perhaps because the LLM is trained on this very paragraph?). I've removed the utm_source parameter and the duplicate and took out the maintenance tag. Should be fine now. Altoids0 (talk) 08:11, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 August 2025

Update literacy rate to 38% https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?locations=NE Allthecountries (talk) 15:21, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

 Done jolielover♥talk 15:38, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

Note, I've kept both claims; by the CIA and by the World Bank. Updated CIA claim to latest figures (also 2022). jolielover♥talk 15:39, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 October 2025

Add the Category "Military dictatorships" 92.26.48.229 (talk) 13:26, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. Slomo666 (talk) 13:37, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

Make nijar a redirect

Self explanatory North Yemen (talk) 14:28, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

There is already a disambiguation page at Nijar that includes this article. But there shouldn't be, since there is only otherwise the article Níjar about a town in Spain, and I can find no evidence that this name is used in English. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:35, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Like how espana is a redirect for spain North Yemen (talk) 23:24, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

What is the official name?

This article says that the official name of Niger is "Republic of Niger" but an old version () claimed that the official name is "Republic of the Niger". the user who changed this (@Lucas Larouche) gave a pretty insufficient reason that being that it did not seem impotent include to them but that is not there call to make if the official name has the "the" but I'm not sure it does. a quick google search did give a clear answer, encyclopedia britannica () and the CIA world Factbook () both use the version without the "the" but the world health organization () and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights () use the version with the "the". the official french version is "République du Niger" which would translate directly "Republic of Niger" but its possible that the English name is different from a direct translation of the French version or there is a sort of implied "the" which translation software did not pick up on. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 22:55, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Seems like the extra "the" comes from whether the country is called "Niger" or "The Niger", for which I don't see consensus between sources. The simple wikipedia page for Niger lists the UN's page which includes "the." Probably best to identify consensus between the simple page and this page on the name, or list all three versions. Saikmat (talk) 01:05, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

According to the UNGEGN World Geographical Names published by the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, the official English name of the Niger is the Republic of the Niger, not the Republic of Niger. Whoever removed the definite article "the" from the original article is wrong. I will revert his/her edit. Vic Park (talk) 11:10, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Get a new audio track for the anthem.

Honestly, the audio for the anthem is atrocious and we should get a better quality of the anthem. Scarcsar (talk) 21:24, 26 June 2026 (UTC)