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Niger: President Suspends Parliament in Bid for Third Term
Le Potentiel, 27 May 2009
Niger's president Mamadou Tandja has dissolved parliament by decree, opting to hold a referendum among the country's voters on his bid for a third term as president. Read more »
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Niger: Political Tensions Rise
UN News, 9 June 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern over heightened political tensions in Niger following the decision by the African nation's leader to dissolve Parliament. Read more »
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Niger: Echoes of Third Term in Republic of Niger
Independent (Lagos), 8 June 2009
Recently, the president of the Republic of Niger, Mr. Mamadou Tandja, dissolved the country's parliament hours after the country's Constitutional Court turned down his call to… Read more »
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Niger: Go, Tandja, Go
Daily Champion, 8 June 2009
Moves by President Mamadou Tandja of Niger Republic to perpetuate himself in office are as reprehensible as they are condemnable. Tandja, who is in the second of his final… Read more »
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Niger: Stop Mamadou Tanja
Daily Trust, 3 June 2009
President Mamadou Tanja of Niger, a country just to the north of Nigeria has decided to tread the beaten, inglorious and disgraceful path of sit- tight African leaders. The… Read more »