Vol 40 No 24 | NIGER Tandja wins, ok 3rd December 1999 The former ruling party pulled it off again: Mamadou Tandja of the Mouvement National pour la Société de Développement polled 59.9 per cent of the vote in the...
Vol 40 No 20 | NIGER Dead men's shoes 8th October 1999 The election to replace the dead dictator, General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, is due on 17 October, organised by the man whose soldiers killed him. Major Daouda Malam Wanké,...
Vol 40 No 8 | NIGER Accidental coup 16th April 1999 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,...
Vol 40 No 2 | ALGERIANIGER Hornet's nest 22nd January 1999 Algerian troops raided into north-west Niger in late November, with approval and support from the government in Niamey, Africa Confidential has learned.