Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | NIGERCHINABRIEFING Refinery causes more government headaches 30th October 2012 Faced with difficult negotiations with its Chinese partners and the seemingly implacable demands of the population, the Nigerien government admitted in mid-October that the Chinese-built Société de Raffinage...
Vol 53 No 8 | NIGER Issoufou under siege 13th April 2012 As if food shortages and the collapse of Mali and Libya were not enough, a corruption scandal looms Niger won much praise for the smoothness of the 2011 presidential poll, which returned the country to democracy after a year under the military junta that had deposed...
Vol 53 No 8 | LIBYANIGER Gadaffi Junior's gaffe 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...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 10 | NIGERCHINABRIEFING It’s only just begun 31st July 2012 Ahead of the Fifth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC V) in Beijing on 19-20 July, President Mahamadou Issoufou declared that Niger’s cooperation with China on natural...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 6 | NIGERCHINABRIEFING Pressure at the pumps 28th March 2012 President Mahamadou Issoufou is under pressure to reduce petrol prices at the pump. On 23 March, the Syndicat National des Travailleurs du Commerce (Syntracom)warned that unless the government...