Diffa Arabs (Arabic: عرب الديفا) (also known as Mahamid Arabs) is the Nigerien name given to a number of Arab nomadic tribes people living in eastern Niger, mostly in the Diffa Region.
In 2006, approximately 150,000[1][2][3] accounting for less than 1.5% of the Niger's population, the Diffa Arabs are said to be the westernmost dispersion of Arabic-speaking Sudanese nomads, primarily drawn from the Mahamid subclan of the Rizeigat of Sudan and Chad.
- ^ The Guardian: Niger government orders 150,000 refugees to leave, 25 October 2006, retrieved 24 December 2017
- ^ Los Angeles Daily News: Niger expells [sic] 150,000 Arabs, 25 October 2006, retrieved 24 December 2017
- ^ BBC: Niger's Arabs to fight expulsion, 25 October 2006, retrieved 24 December 2017