Niger

Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. The capital city is Niamey.Beginning in 2005, a food crisis struck the country in the wake of drought and locust attacks in the previous year. Country Code: 227