West African nation Niger has announced that Hausa is the national language and reduced French to a basic working language. French has been the off
West African nation Niger has announced that Hausa is the national language and reduced French to a basic working language.
French has been the official language since independence in eay back 1960, even though Hausa is the most widely spoken language in the country.
Hausa is a very popular language across Africa as it is the second most spoken language on the continent, with over 120 million speakers, per research.
Niger, in a match, also left the International Organization of La Francophonie.
French-speaking West African nations are preparing to shun anything France and manage their own affairs, per all indications.
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