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Britain.tv Wikipedia - Niger Niger was an important economic crossroad,and the empires of Songhai, Mali, Gao, Kanem, and Bornu, as well as a number of Hausa states, claimed control over portions of the area. Niger is a landlocked nation in West Africa located along the border between the Sahara and Sub-Saharan regions. Niger • Poland • Republic of the Congo • Romania • Rwanda • Saint Lucia • São Tomé and Príncipe • Senegal • Serbia • Seychelles • Slovakia • Slovenia • Saint-Pierre and Miquelon • Switzerland • Togo • Tunisia • Ukraine • Vanuatu • Vietnam www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Niger   (4603 words)

Niger HISTORY On 28 September 1958, voters in Niger approved the constitution of the Fifth French Republic, and on 19 December 1958, Niger's Territorial Assembly voted to become an autonomous state, the Republic of the Niger, within the French Community. In the legislative elections, the MNSD won the largest number of the seats (29), but a coalition of nine opposition parties, the Alliance of Forces of Change (AFC) dominated the National Assembly with 50 of the 83 seats. Baré lifted the ban on political parties, and in the July elections, despite evidence of massive fraud, declared himself the winner with 52% of the vote. www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Niger-HISTORY.html   (1964 words)

Background Notes Archive - Africa Niger's independent judicial system is composed of four higher courts-- the court of appeals, the supreme court, the high court of justice and the court of state security. Niger's agricultural and livestock sectors are the mainstay of all but 10- 15 percent of the population. Niger's 1993 elections were smooth and successful, in part due to the donors' 56 percent contribution (25 percent of the total from the French) to the election budget. dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/af/niger9407.html   (3318 words)

YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Niger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) {{mainHistory of Niger}} Niger was an important economic crossroad,and the empires of Songhai, Mali, Gao, Kanem, and Bornu, as well as a number of Hausa states, claimed control over portions of the area. Niger borders seven countries on all sides and has a total of 5,697 kilometres (3,540 mi) of borders. Niger also has small borders in its far southwest frontier with Burkina Faso at 628 kilometres (390 mi) and Benin at 266 kilometres (165 mi) and to the north-northeast (Libya at 354 kilometres (220 mi). www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Niger   (4567 words)

Peace Corps | Learn About Peace Corps | Where Does Peace Corps Work? | Africa | Niger Niger is a large country—almost twice the size of Texas—with a very hot and dry climate. Niger's harsh climate, geographic isolation, lack of natural resources, environmental degradation, and rapid population growth make it one of the world's poorest countries. In late 1999, however, democratic elections were held, and the new government of President Mamadou Tandja brought renewed stability. www.peacecorps.gov /index.cfm?shell=learn.wherepc.africa.niger   (327 words)

Meteoroloo.com :: Niger - niger jokes The longest border lapis niger is Chad to the east, at 1,175 km. It is niger famine a charter member of the African Union and the West African Monetary Union and also belongs to the Niger River and Lake Chad Basin Commissions, the Economic Community of West African States, the Nonaligned Movement, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The remainder of Nigeriens are nomadic or semi-nomadic the river niger livestock-raising peoples--Fulani, Tuareg, Kanuri, Arabs, and Toubou. www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-m-r/Niger.html   (4076 words)

Politics of Niger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Politics of Niger takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Niger is head of state and the Prime Minister of Niger head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Niger's new constitution restores the semi-presidential system of government of the December 1992 constitution (Third Republic) in which the President of the Republic is elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term, and a prime minister, named by the president, share executive power. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Niger. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Niger   (894 words)

Niger Presidential Elections Underway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Niger's five million voters are going to the polls for the first round of a presidential election. Niger President Mamadou Tandja is running for re-election against five opponents, but he says he expects to win a majority in the first round. Issoufou in the last elections in 1999 and has been the first president to complete a full term of five years in office without being removed by a coup since multi-party elections were introduced more than a decade ago. quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/ae/2004-11-16-voa25.html   (309 words)

Niger -- Daunting Development Challenges in the World's Poorest Muslim Country Niger is a country of very poor but proud people, and their story is worth telling, and their future worthy of engaging in. Niger is the world’s third largest uranium producer but the low world market demand and prices limit this as an income source. Niger used to have a very well trained and professional military and it’s well on the way to have it again and we have been able to restart the very active military relationship. www.state.gov /s/p/of/proc/tr/10216.htm   (5370 words)

CNN.com - World - Election Watch Parliamentary elections and the second round of Presidential elections are planned for November 24, 1999. The October 1999 election was the first since the assassination of former President MAINASSARA in April 1999 and ratification of a new constitution in July 1999. Election turnout for the constitutional referendum was 31.16 percent. www.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/africa/niger2.html   (181 words)

About Niger - Travel, Maps, Flag and Information Niger is a landlocked sub-Saharan country in Western Africa, named after the Niger river. Niger borders seven countries on all sides and has a total of 5,697 km of borders. Niger also has small borders in its far southwest frontier (Burkina Faso at 628 km and Benin at 266 km) and to the north-northeast (Libya at 354 km). www.canadiancontent.net /profiles/Niger.html   (763 words)

Niger (04/06) As a reflection of Niger’s increasing population, the unicameral legislature was expanded in 2004 to 113 deputies elected for a 5-year term under a majority system of representation. Niger maintains an embassy in the United States at 2204 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008 (tel. The 15% of Niger's land that is arable is found mainly along its southern border with Nigeria. www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5474.htm   (4250 words)

NIGER: parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 1993 Elections were held to fill all the seats in a new National Assembly to replace the High Council of the Republic, which had exercised legislative power during the transitional period following the dissolution of the previous National Assembly in August 1991. The transitional period was to end on 31 March 1993 with the presidential election. The parliamentary elections, the first multiparty polling to be held since the country gained independence in 1960, was initially scheduled for 19 December 1992 but then postponed several times, following the adoption by referendum of a new Constitution on 26 December 1992. www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2237_93.htm   (480 words)

Second round of elections awaited in Niger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) The elections are a major test of political stability in the country, which has been ruled by the military since April 9, when president Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was assassinated by members of his presidential guard. The majority of Niger's workforce is employed in the public sector, which is experiencing its worst economic depression ever, even though it is accustomed to economic hardship. Niger was seriously damaged by the collapse of the price of uranium in the 1980s, exports of which has carried it to a relative boom in the 1970s. www.muslimedia.com /archives/world99/niger-elec.htm   (360 words)

Elections in Niger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Every five years, elections in Niger occur on national level for the head of state - the president - and a legislature. Niger has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful. Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) · Zambia · Zimbabwe en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Niger   (390 words)

Friends of Niger: Niger Political Coverage Niger Prime Minister Sworn In (PANA, January 3, 200) "Niger's new prime minister, Hama Amadou, was sworn in Monday before the national assembly." With election results nearly complete, it appears that Mahamadou Issoufou has edged out Mahamane Ousmane for the second spot on the November 24 runoff round of Niger's presidential elections. All indications from sources within Niger, from the Commission Electoral Nationale Indepéndante (CENI) and from the team of international observers is that the election was transparent and that the country remains calm. www.friendsofniger.org /features/politics   (1373 words)

afrol News - Incumbent favourite to win Niger elections President Tandja's main opponent in the first round of the presidential election on 13 November is likely to be Mahamadou Issoufou, leader of the Niger Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), the largest opposition party in parliament. He was already retired from the army when he became MNSD leader in 1991 and he fought and lost a presidential election before he eventually achieved power in what was generally perceived by international observers as a clean vote five years ago. Niger is a desperately poor country which ranks only one up from Sierra Leone at the bottom of the UN's Development Programme's Human Development Index. www.afrol.com /articles/14239   (765 words)

Profiles of Least Developed Countries Coups in 1996 and 1999 were followed by the creation of a National Reconciliation Council that effected a transition to civilian rule by December 1999. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. Niger’s economy centres on subsistence agriculture, animal husbandry, and re-export trade. www.un.org /special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/LDCs-List/profiles/niger.htm?id=562   (222 words)

NIGER: Focus on post-election Challenges [19991020] Ukiwe, who heads the private Centre for Advance Social Sciences in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, told IRIN the incoming civilian leaders in Niger needed to seek moral support from Nigeria's civilian government in ensuring that the military are kept at bay. Niger's uranium can only be harnessed by external private initiative, he said, because the country's private capital was too weak. Commenting on the constitutional provision of amnesty for people involved in coups staged in 1996 and 1999, he said "the law would finally determine on a case-by-case basis the type of coups that need to be forgiven, which of the coup leaders should be forgiven". www.africa.upenn.edu /Newsletters/irinw_102099.html   (886 words)

Vanguard Online Edition : Electoral forum support Niger, Sokoto LG polls Addressing journalists in Minna, Niger State on Saturday shortly after the concluded election in the state, National Vice Chairman of the forum, Mallam Aliyu Dandoto said the two states did not contravene the constitution adding that the decision to carry on with the election was not their own imagination but an “offshore of our decision.” Mallam Dandoto described the election in Niger State as free and fair adding that, ‘the peaceful and orderly manner which the electorate conducted themselves during the election is an indication in itself of the free and fairness of the result we are expecting.” The National Vice Chairman of the forum with about twelve other state chairmen of their electoral bodies congratulated Niger State government and the commission for the successful election adding that the provision of financial and logistic requirement for the election had in no small way contributed to the success of the election. www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/north/nt313012004.html   (358 words)

BBC News | Africa | Niger pledges November elections The new military leadership in the West African state of Niger has announced that elections intended to return the country to civilian rule will be held in November. The military leader, Major Daouda Mallam Wanke, who took power after junior officers assassinated the former military leader, said a new president would be sworn in on 31 December. On Sunday the European Union also threatened to review its cooperation with Niger, and asked ministers of member countries to enter into consultations with the new authorities in Niger. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/323460.stm   (223 words)

Niger : World Travel Watch : Travel Warnings and Advisories Violent carjackings appear to be on the rise in the Sevare-Mopti region of Mali, and in the north of Niger, with four-wheel drive vehicles the target of choice. Be alert as you approach your locked vehicle and once you are inside, lock your doors. Campaigning is underway for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held Oct. 17 in what represents a return to civilian rule after control by a military junta since a presidential assassination in April. www.worldtravelwatch.com /archives/africa/niger   (172 words)

Niger News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) They were taken captive as they inspected barges in the Niger Delta, where most of this African oil giant's petroleum is pumped. The volatile Niger Delta, in the south of the country, is where most of Nigeria's oil is produced. Algeria is seeking to expand security cooperation with neighbors Mali and Niger in an effort to crack down on cross-border criminality and combat GSPC elements, which have operated... www.einnews.com /niger   (949 words)

Niger on the Internet A list of Niger newspapers, on microfilm, held by the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago can be found through the Foreign Newspaper Database. Government telecom organization and Niger's first internet service provider.Their first web site customer was the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) in Niamey. There is a 48 page paper, in French, "Le Parc National du W du Niger, Réserve de Biosphère,"on why the Region du W should be a biosphere reserve. www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/niger.html   (2717 words)

About 2006 U.S. Elections - United States Embassy Niamey Niger Overseas citizens are eligible to participate in primary, run-off, and special elections that occur throughout the year, as well as the general elections in November. A calendar of election dates is available on the Internet at http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/primarycal.html. You are encouraged to register to vote and/or request absentee ballots as early in the year as possible to ensure that you will receive all ballots for which you are eligible. niamey.usembassy.gov /niger/About_2006_U.S._Elections.html   (570 words)

Elections in Niger Not Available (N/A) The Nigerien Democratic Union-Sawaba (UND-Sawaba) was defeated by an alliance dominated by the Niger Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally (PPN-RDA). *The Alliance of the Forces for Change (AFC) was a coalition formed soon after the election to give opposition a majority of seats in the National Assembly. The National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal (UNIRD) won all 3 seats in a subsequent by-election. africanelections.tripod.com /ne.html   (431 words)

BBC News | Africa | Parties in Niger want separate elections Reports from Niger say the political parties have rejected a timetable set by the new government for holding future presidential and legislative elections. They said they disagreed with a plan to couple the parliamentary poll with the second round of presidential elections. A spokesman for the party leaders said MPs should be elected before the president, so that parties could forge alliances before the presidential vote. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/377469.stm   (104 words)

afrol News - Incumbent favourite to win Niger elections A split within the opposition further favours the retired colonel, who has succeeded in building a political coalition in support of him. His government has ordered 1,000 new school classrooms to be built each year, along with 1,000 health centres and 1,000 mini-dams for irrigation and 1000 wells for watering livestock. Mr Ousmane beat Mr Tandja in the 1993 presidential election and duly became head of state, only to be deposed by a military coup three years later. www.afrol.com /printable_article/14239   (695 words)

Web Directory » Web Directory » Regional » Africa » Niger » Government CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Niger - List of government officials and their titles, updated weekly. US Law Library of Congress - Niger - Annotated compendium of online sources providing access to primary documents, legal commentary and general government information about specific jurisdictions and topics. World Legal Information Institute - Niger - Catalog and search facilities for over 500 databases from 55 countries including case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials. www.dcpages.com /DC_ODP/?c=Regional/Africa/Niger/Government   (261 words)

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