The map, from Exploring Africa, has colour-coded each language into the seven families, which include Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Khosian, Niger-Congo / Congo-Kordofanian, Creole, Austronesian ...

In a move to further distance itself from its colonial past, the government of Niger has officially adopted the Hausa language as the nation’s national language. In a new charter released last week ...

Africa’s sixth-biggest country, Niger, has taken a bold step to distance itself from its troubled past by adopting a new official language. For over 60 years, France controlled the country as ...

Niger replaces French with Hausa as official language, marking a historic cultural shift and ending decades of colonial influence under General Tiani’s regime.