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 administration The leader of the coup which ousted Mamadou Tandja, Niger’s president, Major Salou Djibo, announced the formation of the provisional cabinet on state [...]

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 captured Tandja and his ministers in a four-hour gun battle, before suspending the constitution and dissolving all state bodies. Three people are  thought to [...]

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 his term in office. At least 10 people were arrested. This incident was the latest in a number of unrests [...]

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 already claimed victory before the official announcement, putting up giant posters in the capital thanking the voters. According to the [...]

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 independent media. The Niger Association of Independent Printers (ANEPI) also called on Nigeriens to join in the struggle to protect their freedoms.
This follows President Tandja’s decree [...]