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!"
Funny how they call it Africa’s third longest river instead of calling it by its name.
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!"
Maybe to avoid confusing it with the country.
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.
It’s name is probably caught be most automatic word filters, being one letter off from a racial slur.