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• n  an African river; flows into the South Atlantic

• Niger
• Niger River

News & Articles

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• Illegal marijuana cultivation threatens Nigeria's forests and chimps
  The world's highest deforestation rate, the execution of eight environmental activists including a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and ongoing turmoil surrounding oil operations in the Niger River Delta has created a notoriously disreputable environmental record for the West African country. Now, a new threat is rising in the already-compromised forests of Nigeria: illegal marijuana cultivation.
  July 29, 2013 - Environmental News Network