1899-1922 History of West Africa Niger
1939-1960








Stamps issued for Niger, AOF, in 1925/26



Niger, 1922-1939



In 1926 Niger's capital was moved, from ZINDER to NIAMEY. Late in the 1920es, Niger's eastern border to neighbouring CHAD (also French) were redrawn, at Niger's expense, which lost it's share of the Tibesti region to Chad.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Niger, history of, from Infoplease,
DOCUMENTS
REFERENCE Article : French West Africa : Niger, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1925 p.936, 1926 p.909, 1928 p.925, 1929 pp.912-913, 1932 pp.915-916, 1937 pp.949-959 [G]



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