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HISTORY. Niger was occupied by France between 1883 and 1899, and constituted a military territory in 1901, which became a part of French West Africa in 1904. It became an autonomous republic within the French Community on 18 Dec. 1958 and achieved full independence on 3 Aug. 1960.
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Fugelstad, F., A History of Niger, 1850–1960. OUP, 1984
National statistical office: Direction de la Statistique et de l’lnformatique, Ministère du Plan, Niamey.
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Hunter, B. (1994). Niger. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271234_131
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