- Vol 53 No 8
- 13th April 2012
As if food shortages and the collapse of Mali and Libya were not enough, a corruption scandal looms
- Vol 53 No 8
- 13th April 2012
In September 2011, Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi’s son Es Saadi el Gadaffi arrived in Agadez in the dead of night in a mysterious convoy of vehicles, surrounded by equal mystery over his father’s whereabouts. Libya’s National Transitional Council immediately...
- Vol 52 No 5
- 4th March 2011
Opposition candidates declared the first round of the presidential
election on 23 January tainted (‘vicié’), putting President François Bozizé’s 64.7% share of the
vote in doubt (AC Vol 51 No 25). The European Union, which had paid 60%
of the cost of...
- Vol 51 No 21
- 22nd October 2010
Having seized power in a relatively popular coup, vowed to hold elections and tackled a food crisis, Niger’s military junta, headed by Major Salou Djibo, looked to be sitting pretty (AC Vol 51 No 19). It was attracting foreign support for its plans for e...
- Vol 51 No 19
- 24th September 2010
For Niger, the crisis with Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) comes as the military regime that overthrew President Mamadou Tandja last February approaches the return of democracy.
- Vol 51 No 10
- 14th May 2010
The Niamey junta is tinkering with its transition programme but it is better at handling a food emergency than the previous regime Aid workers have been warning for some time now that millions of people in Niger will go hungry again this year. When they d...
- Vol 51 No 6
- 19th March 2010
The new military rulers promise an anti-corruption purge and elections but are thin on detail
- Vol 51 No 5
- 5th March 2010
The officers who threw out President Tandja must quickly prove they’re serious about constitutional rule
- Vol 51 No 5
- 5th March 2010
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
- 10th July 2009
He may deny it but President Mamadou Tandja began the process of changing the constitution to prolong his mandate in December 2008