Niger

Niger

Population: 14.2mn.
GNI, $ : 4bn.
Debt: 2.1bn.
Overview:

President Mamadou Tandja says he needs to stay in power to oversee the setting-up of Chinese-backed projects like the oil refinery in Zinder and the uranium mine in Azelik. To do so he has extended his mandate to 2012, provoking international condemnation.

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  • Vol 4 No 5
  •  March 2011

Do it by the deadline

After managing a transition which led to the election on 12 March of new President Mahamdou Issoufou, the military junta has announced that it will not hand over power on 6 April without first ensuring that contracts signed by the previous regime under ou...

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