Vol 37 No 7 | NIGER Soldiers' schemes 29th March 1996 Western support for democracy is being tested by Niger's military rulers who seized power on 21 January. On 25 March, the European Union decided, against French pressure, to...
Vol 37 No 3 | NIGER The clocks go back 2nd February 1996 Africa's second coup of the year in Niamey had been brewing as long as its first in Freetown. Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Barré Mainassara, the former army Chief of...