Vol 60 No 8 | NIGERNIGERIA Counter-terror error 19th April 2019 Four years after imposing a ban on economic activity along the shores of Lake Chad aimed at staunching the flow of funds to the Nigerian Islamist militia Boko Haram, the authoritie...
Vol 59 No 24 | NIGER Détente derailed 7th December 2018 Government moves to change electoral law to keep a presidential challenger off the ballot paper have reinvigorated the opposition The road to compromise has proved short in Niamey, and now the opposition is mobilising a fresh campaign of protest over the government's attempts to reform electoral law so as to ...
Vol 59 No 8 | NIGER Issoufou under fire 20th April 2018 Steep new taxes, a crackdown on the informal economy and an agreement with the EU spur mass protests This year's national budget may have been hailed as 'courageous' by the European Union's top official in Niamey, but it was received with markedly less enthusiasm by most Nigeriens...
Vol 57 No 10 | MALINIGER Sahel on the Rhine 13th May 2016 France and Germany are using a joint visit by their foreign ministers to Mali and Niger last week to send a message about deeper European military, as well as political, collaborat...
Vol 57 No 7 | NIGER Issoufou woos 1st April 2016 From the lofty vantage point of his 92.5% victory in the presidential election on 20 March, President Mahamadou Issoufou is offering opposition members government places. Having bo...
Vol 57 No 5 | NIGER Knock-out in two 4th March 2016 President Mahamadou Issoufou approaches the 20 March second round of the presidential election all but certain of a victorious outcome. He fell short of his loudly proclaimed inten...
Vol 57 No 2 | NIGER The campaign gaol trail 22nd January 2016 Former Prime Minister Hama Amadou, in custody since November charged with child-trafficking, is set to contest the presidential election from his cell after being denied bail on ap...
Vol 57 No 1 | NIGER Issoufou the insouciant 8th January 2016 The Islamist threat secures foreign support but the President is courting danger by ignoring widespread discontent The coming presidential election in February and March dominates all political calculations in Niamey at the moment. At least half a dozen candidates are already in the running, wi...
Vol 55 No 7 | NIGER Issoufou’s Sahel agenda 4th April 2014 Amid diplomatic discord and tough trade talks in Brussels, Niger’s President adeptly pushed for his government’s policies and interests In spite of the testy relations between some African politicians and Europe, President Mahamadou Issoufou has cultivated strong support from top officials in Brussels and Paris. In...
Vol 55 No 4 | NIGER Isolation threatens Issoufou 21st February 2014 A big rally to back President Issoufou has done little to dispel dissatisfaction with living conditions and corruption He was feted as a reformer after winning the 2011 election that reversed the 2010 coup and seen as a beacon of stability during the Mali crisis (AC Vol 51 No 6, Confusion after the...