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- Vol 51 No 5
- 05/03/2010
A coup to stop a coup
The officers who threw out President Tandja must quickly prove they’re serious about constitutional rule
- Vol 51 No 5
- 05/03/2010
Who's who in the Nigerien coup
Salou Djibou, commander of the main armoured unit in Niamey, led the assault on the Presidency which culminated in the capture of President Mamadou Tandja and his ministers on 18 February. He is now President of the Conseil Suprême pour la Restauration de...
- Vol 50 No 14
- 10/07/2009
President Tandja goes for a third term
He may deny it but President Mamadou Tandja began the process of changing the constitution to prolong his mandate in December 2008
- Vol 50 No 14
- 10/07/2009
Competition for Niger's uranium
Niger is the world's third-largest uranium producer, extracting about 3,300 tonnes per year. Prices rose to US$55 per pound in June, up more than 35% since April; nuclear power is back in fashion and competition for supplies is heating up. Uranium expo...
- Vol 48 No 19
- 21/09/2007
Revolt in the desert
As uranium, and maybe oil, raise hopes of income, northern Tuareg rebels have gone to war again
- Vol 48 No 18
- 07/09/2007
Yellowcake rebellion
President Mamadou Tandja has declared a state of alert in the north, the base of Niger's fast growing uranium industry, after attacks on key targets killed some 50 government soldiers.
- Vol 48 No 8
- 13/04/2007
Areva in hot water
The war of words between two non-governmental agencies and French nuclear energy company AREVA escalated last week, with public accusations of malpractice in the extraction of uranium in Niger and Gabon.
- Vol 47 No 2
- 20/01/2006
'Drowning season'
While Europe strives to keep out African would-be migrants, Algeria and, increasingly, Libya daily dump hundreds of them, penniless, south across the border into Niger. The European Union's exclusion drive has stiffened since October, when some 2,000 ...
- Vol 46 No 22
- 04/11/2005
Explosive uranium
Niger is at the centre of a row over intelligence used to justify the United States' invasion of Iraq and the deepening personal battle between President George W. Bush's White House and one of Washington's senior Africanist ambassadors, Joseph Wilson,...
- Vol 46 No 17
- 26/08/2005
Blaming each other
Everyone was warned about the food crisis but politicians ignored it
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