Madama
Encyclopedia
Madama is a border settlement on the northeast frontier of Niger
. Little more than an army post, the settlement serves as a frontier station controlling travel between Niger and Libya
. It is also the site of a former French colonial
fort.
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked 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...
. Little more than an army post, the settlement serves as a frontier station controlling travel between Niger and Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
. It is also the site of a former French colonial
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
fort.