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Niger: Political Tensions Rise

  • 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 »

  • 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 »

  • 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 »

  • 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 »

  • 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 »

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