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NIGER: Tanjda assumes emergency powers
President Mamadou Tandja will press ahead with a constitutional referendum, and has assumed...
NigerNIGER: Election commission calls parliamentary polls
The National Independent Electoral Commission announced today that legislative elections will be...
NigerNIGER: Anti-referendum rally draws thousands in Niamey
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Niamey yesterday, in protest against President...
NigerNIGER: Tandja's referendum plan risks backlash
Trade union and opposition leaders yesterday threatened a campaign of strikes and demonstrations...
NigerAFRICA: Sahel faces insecurity, not terror, challenge
Mali, Mauritania and Niger have been the scene of a number of security incidents attributed to...
AfricaNIGER: Tandja dissolves parliament amid term-limit row
President Mamadou Tandja yesterday dissolved parliament, well ahead of elections set for late...
NigerNIGER: Tandja seeks peace before third term
On May 16, Niger's main insurgent group rejected government claims that it had agreed to disarm...
NigerNIGER: Tuareg talks mark policy shift from Niamey
President Mamadou Tandja met yesterday with Tuareg rebels from three groups and proposed an...
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