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Niger gained independence from France on this day in 1960 but had to wait much longer for freedom - Face2Face Africa

Niger gained independence from France on this day in 1960 but had to wait much longer for freedom - Face2Face Africa

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After its first encounter with European powers in the 19th century, Niger, a landlocked Sahelian state, became a French colony in 1922. Under this period of colonial rule, the people of Niger were only entitled to limited French citizenship, with power being held by distant colonial governors. But in the 1950s, the French government came