Diffa Arabs (Arabic: عرب ديفا‎) (also known as Mahamid Arabs) is the Nigerien name given to Arab nomadic tribespeople living in eastern Niger, mostly in the Diffa Region. In 2006, approximately 150,000[1][2][3] and accounting for less than 1.5% of the Niger's population, the Diffa Arabs are in fact the westernmost dispersion of Arabic speaking Sudanese nomads, primarily drawn from the Mahamid sub clan of the Rizeigat of Sudan and Chad.