Algeria–Niger Border
The Algeria–Niger border is in length and runs from the tripoint with Mali in the west to the tripoint with Libya in the east. Description The border consists of three straight lines proceeding northeast between the tripoints with Mali and Libya. The westernmost line runs from the Malian tripoint to the Agadez-Tamanrasset highway for ; the middle section run for up to the vicinity of I-n-Azaoua; and the final and longest segment runs for up to the Libyan tripoint. The boundary runs entirely within the Sahara desert. History The 1880s saw an intense competition between the European powers for territories in Africa, a process known as the Scramble for Africa. The process culminated in the Berlin Conference of 1884, in which the European nations concerned agreed upon their respective territorial claims and the rules of engagements going forward. As a result of this France gained control of the upper valley of the Niger River (roughly equivalent to the areas of modern Mali and ...
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