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Source: Reuters NIAMEY, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Niger released 11 people detained since a violent protest in June against the president's move to consolidate power through a constitutional reform. The clash on June 1 ...
About 2.6 million people could face a food crisis in Niger this year as a result of insufficient rain, warned the Niger Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ANDDH) in a statement on Wednesday. Five of the eight regions...
The fabricated referendum this week in Niamey is just neo-colonial business as usual Monday was Republic Day in Niger, the 49th celebration of the day the West African nation finally achieved independence from France. Tuesday...
Niamey - Clashes erupted as Niger voted on Tuesday in a constitutional referendum to extend President Mamadou Tandja's long rule amid low turnout after an opposition boycott in the uranium-rich African nation. Police fired tear...
Monday, July 06, 2009 Tension in Niger as Tandja 'muscles for third term' By Ben Ukwuoma with Agency reports W ITH plans of a referendum and constitutional amendment thrown to the dustbin by the country's highest court,...
Niger's President Mamadou Tandja has attended the funeral of a prominent critic who died on Sunday as he was about to address an opposition rally. Moumouni Djermakoye Adamou, 70, had criticised Mr Tandja's plans to change the...
The constitution bars him from serving a third presidential term but Mamadou Tandja is determined to force a referendum to change the law. The opposition and civil society see the country’s oil and uranium bonanza as the main...
Niamey - Opponents of a constitutional referendum in Niger which could enable President Mamadou Tandja to extend his rule said on Saturday they would try to block the move in court and called off demonstrations planned for...
Tensions are on the rise in Niger as President Mamadou Tandja moves forward with a referendum that, if passed, would allow the 71 year-old leader to modify the constitution and extend his 10-year rule.
Source: Reuters * First violent protests against Tandja's power plan * Widespread domestic opposition to referendum bid By Adboulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, June 1 (Reuters) - Security forces in Niger fired ...
