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	Niger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Niger is a landlocked sub-Saharan country in Western Africa situated north of Nigeria, east of Mali, and south of Algeria and Libya, named after the Niger river.
		Niger was an important economic crossroads, 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.
		President Mamadou Tandja was re-elected in December 2004 and reappointed Hama Amadou as Prime Minister.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Niger.htm (3664 words)

	Niger News
		President Mamadou Tandja met on February 14, 2003 with a delegation from the Patriotic Movement of Côte d’Ivoire (MPCI) during their tour of West African capitals designed to exchange ideas with African heads of state in a position to bring together the two parties in the Ivoirian conflict. Mr.
		President Mamadou Tandja saluted the “dynamism of CENSAD in the prevention of and peaceful resolution of conflicts” and its role as “the motor for African construction.”
		President Mamadou Tandja was named acting President of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) during the January 2003 summit meeting of the organization in Dakar, Senegal.
	www.nigerembassyusa.org /news.html (1555 words)

	Niger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Niger, in West Africa's Sahara region, is four-fifths the size of Alaska.
		President Tandja, however, claimed the food crisis was propaganda invented by the country's political opposition.
		The scorpion's sting: youth, marriage and the struggle for social maturity in Niger.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107843.html (976 words)

	President of Niger Wins Reelection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Niger's electoral commission said Tuesday that President Tandja won 65.5 percent of the vote in the run-off balloting on Saturday.
		President Tandja had been heavily favored to win a new term after four opponents who lost in the first round decided to back him.
		The president is the first elected leader of Niger to complete a five-year term without being assassinated or deposed in a coup.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/gy/2004-12-07-voa54.html (118 words)

	RTE News - President of Niger reported to have been killed by presidential guard
		Military sources in Niamey have said Niger's president, Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, who was killed yesterday, was shot dead by members of his own presidential guard.
		The rebel soldiers who assassinated the President are reported to be now in control of the country.
		In a broadcast, Niger's prime minister said the President had died in what he described as "an unfortunate accident".
	www.rte.ie /news/1999/0410/niger.html (141 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Niger president plays down food crisis
		Niger’s president has played down the food crisis ravaging his desert nation, saying that people in the impoverished West African country “look well-fed”.
		Niger’s president played down the food crisis ravaging his desert nation, saying that people in the impoverished West African country “look well-fed”.
		In an interview with the BBC, President Mamadou Tandja acknowledged that a devastating locust invasion last year and poor rains had produced food shortages, but he said that was not unusual for his country — or for the entire Sahel region, a semi-desert scrubland that straddles the southern edge of the Sahara desert.
	breaking.tcm.ie /2005/08/10/story215455.html (517 words)

	President Bush Must Set the Niger-Uranium Story Straight
		President, beyond the NSC and CIA officials who have been identified, we need to know who else at the White House was involved in the decision to include the discredited Niger uranium evidence in your speech, and, if they knew it was false, why did they permit it to be included in the speech?
		President, we urgently need an explanation about the very serious charge that senior officials in your Administration may have retaliated against Ambassador Joseph Wilson by illegally disclosing that his wife is an undercover CIA officer.
		President, we need an explanation of the unconfirmed report that your Administration is dishonoring the life of a soldier who died in Iraq as a result of hostile action by misclassifying his death as an accident.
	www.commondreams.org /views03/0721-01.htm (1085 words)

	Niger military assassinates president (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Niger President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was assassinated on Friday, April 9.
		Niger diplomatic sources in Burkina Faso indicated that the coup had begun at first light on Friday morning.
		Mainassara, with a long history in Niger's army, having participated in a coup in 1974, was appointed as army chief-of-staff in March 1995.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/apr1999/nige-a13.shtml (1140 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| New president for Niger
		A former army officer, Mamadou Tandja, has been elected president of Niger in a poll called to return the country to democracy.
		The army took power in Niger seven months ago after President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was killed by members of his own guard.
		Niger's military leaders have come under intense international pressure to restore an elected government and pave the way for the resumption of much-needed foreign aid.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/africa/538377.stm (357 words)

	UNICEF - At a glance: Niger - Princess Mathilde’s visit to Niger raises awareness of gender issues
		At the end of her five day visit to Niger, Her Royal Highness, Princess Mathilde of Belgium said that education in general and girls’ education, in particular, constitute the best investment for the future of Niger.
		During her visit, HRH Princess Mathilde met the President of Niger, the First Lady, the Prime Minister, Traditional Chiefs and Youth Parliamentarians to discuss issues related to the situation of women and children in Niger.
		Niger has the lowest female literacy rate in the world — 11 per cent and, even today, only one out of three Nigerien girls is in school.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/niger_19337.html (709 words)

	SABCnews.com - africa/west_africa
		Tandja Mamadou, Niger's president, won a second five-year term as leader of one of the poorest nations on the planet, according to results today of a poll international observers deemed free and fair.
		Mamadou, the first president not to have had his term cut short by a military coup since multiparty elections were introduced in 1993, won 65.5% of Saturday's run-off vote, the country's electoral commission said.
		The president oversaw schemes during his first term to improve health care and education to rural areas and supply electricity to remote villages, but Niger still ranks second last in the UN Human Development Index of 177 countries.
	www.sabcnews.com /africa/west_africa/0,2172,93650,00.html (425 words)

	CNN - Slain Niger president buried - April 11, 1999
		DOUMEGA, Niger (CNN) -- Niger's assassinated President was buried Sunday as military rulers reportedly planned to name of their own to lead the West African nation, one of the poorest in the world.
		The wood coffin was draped in Niger's flag and carried into the tomb within a small one-story building on Bare's personal compound by an honor guard of firefighters wearing silver reflective helmets.
		The lack of army infighting and the quick deployment of soldiers in the streets of Niamey after the killing appeared to indicate that at least some military units were behind the assassination, diplomats and local journalists said.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9904/11/niger.01 (731 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Niger president wins second term
		Niger's President Mamadou Tandja has won a second term in office, according to the country's electoral commission.
		Mr Tandja is the first president to have made it through a full term in office since democratic elections were first held in 1993.
		However, two thirds of Niger's 11 million people live on less than a dollar a day and the country is at the bottom of the UN Human Development Index.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/africa/4077011.stm (253 words)

	Rotary International: News Releases
		President Tandja played a key role in the success of this campaign by combating rumors and misinformation in both Niger and Nigeria about vaccine safety.
		In addition, President Tandja also appealed to political, religious and traditional leaders to work together during the immunization activities, in which tens of thousands of vaccinators went house-to-house to administer the vaccine directly to every child in those countries.
		The award, presented by Luis Giay, past President of Rotary International, was established in 1995 to recognize world leaders who have made outstanding contributions toward the goal of eradicating polio by 2005.
	www.rotary.org /newsroom/presscenter/releases/2004/189.html (503 words)

	afrol News - Niger President leads, faces second poll round
		According to provisional results published by Niger's Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), incumbent President Tandja won 40.67 percent of the votes cast in the first round on 16 November, eight points more than in the first round of the 1999 presidential election, which brought him to power.
		Underlining the consolidation of democracy in Niger, which held its first multiparty polls in 1993, international observers present said the first round of the presidential election was "democratic, free and transparent." Generally, "the poll was calm," the 92 observers from the African Union and European Union said in a joint statement.
		Niger, which consists mainly of desert, is one of the world's poorest countries.
	www.afrol.com /articles/14855 (632 words)

	Niger
		Niger found itself a pawn in the war against Iraq when both the U.S. and Britain claimed that Iraq sought to buy uranium from Niger, citing this as evidence that Saddam Hussein was reconstituting his country's nuclear weapons program.
		Niger, river, Africa - Niger, great river of W Africa, c.2,600 mi (4,180 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon plateau,...
		Niger, country, Africa - Niger, officially Republic of Niger, republic (1996 est.
	www.factmonster.com /ipa/A0107843.html (868 words)

	US Department of State Bulletin: Visit of Niger's president - Seyni Kountche - transcript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Niger and the United States together are committed to the resolution of international problems through the pursuit of realistic dialogue in international organizations and through the exercise of rational economic policies at home.
		President Reagan and the American Administration have already provided substantial food aid, and Niger is grateful to them for that.
		President Ronald Reagan and I agree that more consultation between Africa and the United States of America will make it possible to remove the obstacles and solve these problems in serenity, in justice, and in the rule of law.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1079/is_v85/ai_3621153 (974 words)

	Ministry news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Khartoum, Feb.15 (SUNA)- President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir has received a written message from President of Niger, Mamadu Tondja, the Chairman of Chad Lake Basin States Organization, dealing with the organization's recent resolutions and cooperation ties between member states.
		President Al-Bashir, receiving the Executive Secretary of the organization at the Republican Palace Tuesday, appreciated President Tondja's efforts to bring about peace and development in the region and Africa as well.
		The president expressed in the cable his sincere condolences to the family of the Late former prime minister and the families of the other victims as well as the government and people of Lebanon, over the assassination of Hariri.
	www.sudanmfa.com /ministry25e.htm (467 words)

	frontline: truth, war and consquences: interviews: joseph c. wilson \| PBS
		What happens is the vice president and other senior officials of the White House are briefed on a regular basis by the CIA and by other intelligence agencies on information that comes across their desk and on analyses that they have done.
		But, yes, during the time of Seyni Kountche, who was the president of Niger during the 1970s when I was there the first time, and the 1980s, there was either the sale of 200 or 300 tons or the proposed sale of 300 tons of uranium from Niger to Iraq.
		In fact, when the president spoke at the State of the Union address and when Secretary Powell spoke at the United Nations, they spoke, essentially, in a fashion that was designed to denigrate the efforts of the inspection regime.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/interviews/wilson.html (6574 words)

	President Hu Meets Niger PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Niger President Mamadou Tandja has particularly attached importance to developing relations with China since he came into power, thus strengthening the traditional friendship of the two countries, Hu said.
		Hu expressed appreciation for the adherence of the Niger government to the "one-China" policy, and its support on the Taiwan and human rights issues, saying that China is ready to further the bilateral ties in line with the principles of mutual trust and sincere cooperation.
		Hu praised the Niger government for its contribution to safeguarding national unity and regional peace and stability, and promoting the country's economy and social stability under the leadership of President Tandja.
	www.china.com.cn /english/2003/Aug/71991.htm (265 words)

	Niger President Flatly Denies Selling Uranium to Saddam
		Niger's president flatly rejected claims that his country had sold uranium to Iraq, as alleged by the United States and Britain as part of their justification for attacking Iraq.
		Niger President Mamadou Tandja, who flatly rejected claims that his country had sold uranium to Iraq, as alleged by the United States and Britain as part of their justification for attacking Iraq.
		President Tandja, in a speech Sunday marking the 43rd anniversary of his state's independence from France, again rejected the claim.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0804-06.htm (733 words)

	Channelnewsasia.com
		An estimated five million people were eligible to vote for president and also for 852 candidates competing for 113 seats in the national assembly of the impoverished west African country.
		"Niger is turning its back on chronic instability," observed Moumouni Djermakoye Adamou, leader of one of four parties backing the outgoing head of state for a new term.
		Insecurity is a recurrent problem in the north of Niger, where passenger buses have been attacked this year and government troops often clash with insurgent bands of Tuareg nomads.
	www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/afp_world/view/120686/1/.html (825 words)

	RTE News - President of Niger assassinated in Niamey
		The President of Niger in West Africa has been killed in a coup d'etat.
		Witnesses said the President was ambushed by soldiers at Niamey airport as he was seeking to travel out of the capital.
		Tension has been mounting in Niger since the local elections in February which the opposition claim were rigged.
	www.rte.ie /news/1999/0409/niger.html (126 words)

	Panapress Official Website
		Niamey, Niger (PANA) - UN coordinator for Niger, Michele Falavigna, on Monday refuted media reports indicating that relief food aid had been reduced while children were starving in the West African nation.
		Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The current famine in Niger has increased prostitution among young girls and women in the capital, Niamey, where they are obliged to sell sex to meet their personal needs and those of their families.
		Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Niger's foreign minister Aichatou Mindaoudou has declared her country's backing to the decisions to be taken by the UN in a bid to end the Ivorian crisis.
	www.panapress.com /paysindexlat.asp?code=eng037 (696 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Nigerian Senate overrides president rejection on Niger Delta development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		President Olusegun Obasanjo, objecting to some of the revises made to the bill, had declined to sign and returned it to the National Assembly after the House's approval.
		The NDDC bill and bill for the current anti-corruption act were submitted by Obasanjo administration immediately after its inauguration on May 29, 1999.
		The Niger delta region, which accounts for about 90 % of oil production in Nigeria, the largest oil-exporting country in Africa, is among the poorest areas in the country due to decades of neglect by the northerner-dominated military regimes and exploitation by the foreign oil firms.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nta02544.htm (181 words)

	Niger president challenges Blair government over uranium allegations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Niger had never had diplomatic or bilateral relations with Iraq, he said, accusing the British and US government of mistreating his country, which sent 500 troops to support the Gulf War in 1991, by making the claim.
		On January 29, 2003, President Bush cited the dossier in his State of the Union address, although he was careful to point out that it was based on intelligence supplied by Britain.
		Rather it is cynically taking advantage of Niger’s weakness in world affairs in order to mount a desperate rearguard action to prop up its threadbare and fraudulent justifications for an illegal war.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/aug2003/nig-a05.shtml (1115 words)

	Vanguard Online Edition : How Niger president emerged as new ECOWAS chief
		ACCRA—Niger President Mamadou Tandja was a "consensus choice" as the new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, the 15-member bloc’s executive secretary said Thursday.
		Tandja, 66, re-elected last month as president of his vast desert state, succeeds his Ghanaian counterpart John Kufuor at the head of ECOWAS.
		Chambas said the aim was to give a free rein to South African President Thabo Mbeki, who was named by the African Union as mediator between President Laurent Gbagbo’s government and rebels holding the north of the country.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/world/w121012005.html (451 words)

	Niger: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns
		Niger: The people of Niger have the right to truth and justice
		Niger: Impunity - as enshrined in the constitution
		Niger: Attacks on journalists threaten freedom of expression
	amnestyusa.org /countries/niger/document.do?... (75 words)

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