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West Africa: Region Calls Summit Over 'Illegal' Action in Niger
This Day, 25 August 2009
The Mediation and Security Council of ECOWAS rose from a closed door meeting in Abuja last night with the decision to set up a four-member ad hoc ministerial committee to engage… Read more »
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Niger: Who Needs Presidential Term Limits?
allAfrica, 17 August 2009
President Mamadou Tandja of Niger has joined the club of leaders who have overturned constitutions to overstay their welcome in recent years. Following victory in a referendum held… Read more »
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Niger: Tandja Wins Referendum on Extending Term
This Day, 6 August 2009
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has expressed serious concern at the political situation in Niger Republic, cautioning the country's President, Mahamdu Tandja, against his planned… Read more »
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Niger: Cash Transfers Neither Panacea Nor Pariah
UNIRIN, 25 August 2009
The instructions were clear for aid workers with the NGO CARE Niger who were responsible for distributing to hundreds of Niger villagers more than US$80,000 in cash transfers:… Read more »
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Nigeria: Yar'Adua's Tough Talk to Niger Republic
Independent (Lagos), 21 August 2009
For a continent ravaged, in its contemporary history, by misgovernance, aberrations such as despotic rule, unbridled tenure elongation and incessant military incursions in politics… Read more »
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Niger: President Tandja Pushes Niger to the Brink of Political Conflict
Public Agenda, 10 August 2009
President Mamadou Tandja of Niger is toying with his country like his personal property. Last Tuesday, the country held a referendum to adopt a new constitution which seeks to… Read more »