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Niger

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Location

The Resume

    (August 3, 1960- )
    Independent from France
    Capital is Niamey
    Almost twice the size of Texas
    Borders Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali and Nigeria
    Country is landlocked
    Population is about that of Michigan

Why Niger might be annoying:

    The name of the country is extremely close to a racial slur.
    It is one of the poorest countries in the world.
    Only one in a thousand has a telephone.
    Libya claims some of Niger.
    The climate is a hot, dry and dusty desert.
    Infant mortality rate is above 11%.
    The life expectancy is less than 42.
    The average Nigerian has more than seven children.
    Four in five men and more than nine out of ten women can't read.
    They broke diplomatic relations with Israel (January 05, 1973).
    A military coup deposed President Diori Hamani deposed (April 15, 1974). Another military coup failed (March 15, 1976).
    A French DC-10 crashed near Niger, 171 died (September 19, 1989).

Why Niger might not be annoying:

    Gold, uranium, coal, iron ore, tin and oil can be found there.
    It is a great place to safari to see elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe and lion.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 125 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 30 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 89 Votes: 42.70% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 101 Votes: 76.24% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 46 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 88 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 157 Votes: 54.14% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 179 Votes: 58.66% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 239 Votes: 56.49% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 488 Votes: 58.20% Annoying