Quick answer
Kriselda at different strings asked a question: what is the adjective to "Niger" (in these days often mentioned in relation to Iraq and uranium)? Obviously, it is not "Nigerian" since that refers to a different country. Indeed, most journalists have no clue either, since they tend to reword their sentences to avoid tackling that question.
Enter the CIA World Factbook. Your tax money at work and all that. For some arcane reason, I did remember that this book contains that information for every country, no doubt in case George Bush has to visit one of these countries.
The noun is and the adjective for Niger is Nigerien. You haven't seen too much mention in the press of Nigeriens, you say? Me neither. But someone from Niger is a Nigerien, and there has been a lot of debate about the Nigerien connection to Iraq's alleged WMD programmes.
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