They should name it “Africa’s second longest river” just for the lols.
And this is Africa’s second longest river, the third longest river in Africa.
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Rusty@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Funny how they call it Africa’s third longest river instead of calling it by its name.
Agent641@lemmy.world 1 month ago
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Maybe to avoid confusing it with the country.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
It’s name is probably caught be most automatic word filters, being one letter off from a racial slur.
nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Honestly off the top of my head I wouldn’t know that the Niger is Africa’s third longest river, so I’m glad they call it that, since it makes the whole story more interesting than just an arbitrary river doing a weird thing.
Besides… it gives it that clickbatey touch of " oooh, i wonder what’s tge third longest river in africa! Better pause and check the article!"
roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, I know the Nile and the Congo, but the Niger just ain’t got enough adventure books about traveling up it. Which makes sense, because as we can see you’ll just be disappointed when you find the source of the Niger.