Niger

Niger

Population: 15.3 million
GDP: $5300 million
Debt: $16.4% of GDP
Overview:

President Mamadou Tandja will adjust to life as an international pariah; almost oblivious to regional and international sanctions, his regime will rely on opaque revenues from uranium deals with China and France.

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  • Vol 51 No 10
  • 14/05/2010

A food crisis foretold

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 the...

  • Vol 51 No 6
  • 19/03/2010

Confusion after the coup

The new military rulers promise an anti-corruption purge and elections but are thin on detail

  • 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 ...

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