The Young Pioneers/Jeunes Pionniers of Niger (1961–1974) was a non-communist youth paramilitary group, one of several set up in post independence Africa, funded by and modeled on the IsraeliNahal ("Fighting Pioneer Youth").[1]
^Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.). Boston & Folkestone: Scarecrow Press. ISBN0-8108-3136-8.: 173–4, 171–2