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Niger

Population: 14.4 million
GNI: $3700 million
Debt: $1800 million
Overview: A Tuareg-led rebellion in the north, food shortages and rows with France over the price of uranium exports will test President Mamadou Tandja's government. Criticism is mounting of his treatment of oppositionists.

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  • Vol 40 No 8
  • 16/04/1999

Accidental coup

The murder of President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara on 9 April was a genuine coup d'etat. After a couple of days' confusion, the dead man's supposed ally, Commandant Daouda Malam Wanké, head of the Presidential Guard, was nominated as...

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