LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Niger

477 recorded engagements by Niger's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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477Engagements
475Visits
0Phone calls
2Video conferences
33Signed agreements
64Destination countries
22Officials recorded
224Multilateral summits

LEAD records 33 signed agreements for Niger; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Niger's leaders recorded 477 engagements: 475 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 2 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2021, with 35 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was Nigeria (66 engagements), followed by United States of America and France. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 98% of engagements. 33 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 224 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Mahamadou Issoufou (President), with 187 engagements between 2011 and 2021.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Niger, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 11 engagements1991: 6 engagements1992: 1 engagement1993: 13 engagements1994: 10 engagements1995: 6 engagements1996: 10 engagements1997: 20 engagements1998: 17 engagements1999: 19 engagements2000: 7 engagements2001: 7 engagements2002: 4 engagements2003: 14 engagements2004: 5 engagements2005: 18 engagements2006: 11 engagements2007: 5 engagements2008: 3 engagements2009: 4 engagements2010: 5 engagements2011: 19 engagements2012: 19 engagements2013: 19 engagements2014: 16 engagements2015: 19 engagements2016: 18 engagements2017: 27 engagements2018: 13 engagements2019: 29 engagements2020: 11 engagements2021: 35 engagements2022: 28 engagements2023: 20 engagements2024: 3 engagements2025: 5 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • Nigeria66
  • United States of America43
  • France40
  • Ivory Coast26
  • Burkina Faso26
  • Ghana22
  • Libya20
  • Togo19
  • Senegal15
  • Mali13
  • Chad13
  • Benin12

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations469
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs221
  • Trade and Economic Relations57
  • Security and Defense5
  • Peace and Security3
  • Development and Aid3
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism3
  • Environment and Climate Change2
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity1
  • Health1
  • Financial and Monetary Issues1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22976211 [Niger country profile. Accessed 22 October 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/niger.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Niger's own officials.