Niger: a Sahel country bumping along (catch all)

[davidbfpo]

Previously unheard of development in northern Niger and very relevant as the last paragraph citing a local leader who says:

"I hope this continues forever, because it brings peace...All of these people do not have work.They can't make money any other way.

Link:https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/9...ts-into-barons

Note the reporter accompanied a Nigerien National Guard patrol, not the army or police, to the region.