Chinese

Except for foreigners like frenchmen, some americans and me, you can also meet chinese people here. There are relatively a lot actually. They do a lot of construction here. It is for example them who are building the new bridge. At the moment there is only one bridge that connects Niamey over the river.

This bridge was built in the 60’s and was dimensioned for 20 – 40 years (It depends on with who you talk to). So it is about time to make a new one. (sorry for the bad quality, if you click on the image you'll see it better)

Chinese companys have also made some buildings at the university and they’re constructing a mall here. It will be the first mall in Niamey. Except for construcion, they’re also interested in the oil in Niger.

An anecdote: Guillaume lives next to a house were chinese people lives. He told me that once or twice he have heard a dog make noise and bark in their garden, then it whimps, and then nothing…