The River Niger Basin Commission is an inter-governmental organization in the West African subregion that was established in 1964. Its current membership comprises Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger Republic, Benin Republic, the Gambia, Mali and Burkina Faso.

HAUSA / FULANI Pre-Colonial Political Administration and the Emirates System The dominant political group in the northern part of Nigeria before the Uthman Dan Fodio’s Jihad of 1802 was the Hausa traditional political system. As a result of the Jihad, a large part of the Hausa kingdom was conquered by...