But the hardest hit have been West African countries along the River Niger, which is at its highest level in over 80 years, according to the BBC.

但受灾最严重的是尼日尔河沿岸的若干西非国家。BBC报道，那里发生了80年不遇的特大洪水。

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We were walking along the bank of the Niger river, searching for the tracks of a hippopotamus that was ravaging the corn on Karim's farm.

我们沿着尼日尔河岸走着，寻找一头河马的足迹，它毁坏克莱姆村农场农作物。

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In systems too large for a single group, there are layers of decision-making: the nomads of the Sahel, for example, used to have overlapping informal authorities up and down the Niger river.

在一个对于单一群体来说非常大的系统里，有着许多决策层：例如萨赫勒的游牧民族，过去有着许多互相重叠的非正式权威遍布于尼日尔河上上下下。

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After independence, nine countries in the Niger River Basin in Africa created a joint river basin authority to cooperatively manage their joint water resources.

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This is the case of the 100 000 ha Malibya farm project promoted by a Libyan sovereign wealth fund in the Inner Delta of the Niger River in Mali.

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Case in point the death of Tamil Tiger rebel leaders in Sri Lanka, or the Nigerian government signing a cease fire and amnesty deal with MEND rebels in the Niger River delta.

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