Niue

The Niue are a sub-clan of the Berber people of Northern Africa, concentrated primarily along the Moroccan border with Libya. The Niue are physically distinctive for their attenuated limbs and digits, low hairlines, large kneecaps, and broad nasal passages. The Niue dialect of Berber has been categorized as an "endangered language," as the Niue have been forced to integrate more fully into Berber society and rural schools no longer educate children in the dialect.

The Niue are considered to occupy a lower social class than other Berbers and have traditionally worked as shepherds on farms owned by higher-status Berbers breeding sheep for wool to weave traditional Moroccan rugs. The 2007 U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Conditions for Morocco relates several incidents of ethnic persecution of Niues committed by Berbers in recent years; the Moroccan government appears to be unwilling to guarantee protection. Spain has reported a spike in asylum requests from ethnic Niues escaping there.