Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 23-02-2010
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s ruling military junta has named Mahamadou Danda as Prime Minister in a transitional government, according to a statement read over state television on Tuesday.
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Niger junta names Mahamadou Danda prime minister
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 23-02-2010
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s military rulers said on Monday they would assume all legislative and executive powers until elections, but would name a prime minister and government to help oversee the transition.
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Niger junta to assume powers, will name PM, gov’t
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 20-02-2010
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned a coup in Niger and called on the new authorities to make good on promises to restore constitutional order.
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U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon condemns coup in Niger
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 19-02-2010
DAKAR (Reuters) – The overthrow of Niger’s pariah leader Mamadou Tandja has been condemned internationally as undemocratic, but it could provide the west African country with its best chance for elections.
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ANALYSIS – Coup may usher in a democratic future for Niger
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 19-02-2010
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s military junta leader made his first public appearance on Friday, a day after toppling President Mamadou Tandja in a coup, but made no mention of any timetable to elections.
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Niger coup leader silent on election timetable
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 19-02-2010
(Reuters) – Niger’s capital was calm on Friday a day after troops ousted President Mamadou Tandja in a military coup.
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TIMELINE – Niger’s Tandja ousted in coup
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 19-02-2010
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Lightly armed soldiers carried out a small number of patrols in Niger’s capital on Friday, and markets, banks and schools opened as usual, a day after troops ousted President Mamadou Tandja in a military coup.
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Niger capital calm, business as usual day after coup
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 18-02-2010
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Mutinous troops led by an army major captured Niger’s President Mamadou Tandja on Thursday after storming his palace in a four-hour gun battle that killed at least three soldiers, military sources said.
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Niger president seized in military coup – sources
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 19-01-2010
ABUJA (Reuters) – Kidnappers freed three British and one Colombian worker unharmed on Monday, a police official said, six days after they were seized near the oil hub Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta.
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Nigerian police say 4 expats freed in Niger Delta
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 02-01-2010
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Ten people including seven soldiers were killed late this week during attacks by gunmen in Niger, security sources said on Saturday, adding to the week’s death toll from armed clashes in the uranium-exporting northwest African country.
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Ten killed in Niger attacks – security sources