Nigeria: Niger adopts Hausa as national language — Africa Links 24

Niger’s junta has adopted Hausa as the national language in the place of French in a further break from Paris, its former colonial master.

“The national language is Hausa” and “the working languages are English and French”, said a new charter published in a special edition of the official journal on March 31, as reported in the Vanguard.

Since overthrowing civilian president Mohamed Bazoum in July 2023, Niger’s military rulers have severed relations with France,…