Vol 66 No 17 |
- NIGER
- SAHEL
Tiani tries to emulate Seyni Kountché the austere putschist who ruled Niger from 1974 to 1987...
A bright schoolboy – with an arts-subject baccalauréat – from a rural Hausa background he joined the army in 1985 as an ordinary soldier during the military dictatorship of Seyni Kountché before working his way to the top...
Togo's Gnassingbé Eyadéma once close to military leader Seyni Kountché was seen as behind Tandja from the start...
Idé Oumarou Foreign Minister under the late military leader Seyni Kountché (and subsequently Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity) was a surprise choice in February as Maïnassara's new Chef de Cabinet...
Like his mentor ex-President Seyni Kountche the President's political ideas are limited to uranium and the state of emergency...
But his ruling military clique is sympathetic to the Mouvement National pour une Société de Développement-Nassara the party created by former President Colonel Seyni Kountché...
But his ruling military clique is sympathetic to the Mouvement National pour une Société de Développement-Nassara the party created by former President Colonel Seyni Kountché...