Category Archives: Niger

Niger News

The world should help Niger – Aid agencies call for immediate assistan...

June 19, 2012 no comments

An appeal for drought-stricken Niger in West Africa has been launched by major aid agencies around the world. Over seven million people – half of the country’s population – face foo...

3 million children threatened by hunger in Niger

February 4, 2012 no comments

BOBOYE, Niger -  Ousseini Issa - (IPS) – Women have been left in charge of many of the households in the village of Zamkoye-Koïra, in western Niger, as food shortages have driven male family members ...

Newly elected president of Niger calls for Laurent Gbagbo to step down...

March 14, 2011 no comments

NIAMEY, March 14, 2011 (AFP) – Niger’s president-elect Mahamadou Issoufou on Monday urged Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo to cede power to Alassane Ouattara, the internationally reco...

Mahamadou Issoufou is the new President of Niger

March 14, 2011 1 comment

NIAMEY, March 14, 2011 (AFP) – Veteran opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou won elections intended to return Niger to civilian rule after a military coup, taking 57.95 percent of the vote, the ...

Niger votes for a new president

January 29, 2011 no comments

NIAMEY, January 29, 2011 (AFP) – Niger goes to the polls Monday to replace a military junta with a civilian president who will rule one of the world’s poorest countries living under the g...

Junta Sets Conditions for Presidential Aspirants in Niger

May 27, 2010 no comments

Niger’s junta government has set out proposed laws that would ensure that future presidential aspirants must be university degree holders and be less than 70 years old. The mandatory requirement was ...

World Bank Restores Aid to Niger

May 21, 2010 no comments

A decision has been made by the World Bank to restore financial assistance to Niger. Assistance to the African country had been suspended following a February coup. The military government says the a...

Ex-Ministers in Niger Arrested by the Junta

March 30, 2010 no comments

Former ministers and officials in the previous government of former President Mamadou Tandja who was recently overthrown, have been arrested in Niamey the country’s capital. Those detained include th...

Niger Set For Return to Democracy

March 5, 2010 no comments

Coup leaders in the West African State of  Niger’s have named a transitional government of 20 ministers in a move to steer the country through to a democratic transition and civilian administra...

Another Military Coup in Africa As Niger’s Tandja is Ousted

February 19, 2010 no comments

Niger’s President Mamadou Tandja has been overthrown in a military coup. He was ousted by a group of soldiers calling themselves the Supreme Council  for the restoration of Democracy, CSDR. They capt...

Police Use Tear Gas and Batons to Disperse Protesters in Niger

August 22, 2009

Tear gas and batons were used to break up a protest in Niamey, the capital of Niger. The protester clashed with police as they demonstrated against the move by the President, Mamadou Tadja to extend ...

Tandja Wins Referendum To Stay In Power In Niger

August 8, 2009

A referendum that will allow Mamadou Tandja, the President of Niger, to stay in power beyond the end of his second term in office has been clearly won by the president.  Mamadou Tandja, 71, had alrea...

Strike Over Presidential Decree In Niger

July 20, 2009 no comments

President Mamadou Tanja Newspaper publishers and journalists in Niger, will embark on a one-week strike Monday to protest what they describe as President Mamadou Tandja’s move to silence the in...