Nigérien

plural Nigériens

1. alternativeAlternative form of Nigerien.

   During this time the share of Nigériens who are extremely poor has fallen from about 48% to about 40%.

   2021 March 8, “Niger’s president wins the Ibrahim African leadership prize”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2021

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   Buses overflowing with Nigériens holler good wishes, thumbs up, as I drive by, and no one peeps when I almost run over a goat.

   2005 June 29, Natasha Burley, “Meanwhile: Africa, viewed from an '82 Toyota”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2022

   Junta leaders met with representatives from the United Nations, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, telling them that the new government would “work with Nigériens of all political leanings,” said Mohamed Ibn Chambas of the economic community.

   2010 February 22, Adam Nossiter, “Niger Junta Gives Assurances on Democracy Plans”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2010

   Its own people have demanded action, too, after the deaths in 2013 of 92 Nigériens, mostly women and children, who had been dumped in the desert by smugglers.

   2018 July 5, “On the edge of the Sahara, people mourn the decline of people-smuggling”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2018

   For the Americans, 90 percent of their work is rehearsing, training, and advising. Sometimes, they will move out to a forward base in the area where the Nigériens are patrolling, but the Americans don’t follow the Nigériens to the target. Instead, advising is done via tablets and satellite phones.

   2022 August 28, Kevin Maurer, “The Candy Maker, The Cop, and The Fireman Fighting America’s Shadow War”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2022

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Nigerien.

   Skinny Nigérien soldiers in surplus American Marine desert uniforms buzz around in Land Cruisers with spray-painted camouflage.

   2022 August 28, Kevin Maurer, “The Candy Maker, The Cop, and The Fireman Fighting America’s Shadow War”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2022

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   Ordinarily, humanitarian workers would classify them as Chadian “returnees.” But national governments get the final word on status, and Déby’s regime insisted that they were Nigérien refugees, deflecting responsibility and costs to the U.N.

   2017 December 4, Ben Taub, “Lake Chad: The World’s Most Complex Humanitarian Disaster”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2017

   This is largely because of bigger efforts to restrict migration through Niger. The European Union (EU) has pressed the Nigérien government to stanch the flow.

   2018 July 5, “On the edge of the Sahara, people mourn the decline of people-smuggling”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2018