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Hama Amadou: a very strange probe

The investigation into shots that were fired on the residence of parliamentary speaker and opposition leader Hama Amadou earlier this year is getting nowhere - or perhaps there is no investigation. [...] (275 words)

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Economy harms Issoufou's electoral hopes

Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou is eyeing another term of office in 2016 but he'll have to gloss over his calamitous record on the economy. [...]

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Issoufou pours oil on the flames

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Issoufou builds bunker

Against a backdrop of terrorism threats and internal political tensions, Niger’s Mahamadou Issoufou has beefed up his personal security. [...]

NIGER 10/09/2014

Issoufou’s € 30 million new toy

Controversy is raging in Niger over the "Mont Gebroun", Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou's new plane. West Africa Newsletter reveals the jet’s route to the presidential palace. [...]

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Tandja’s political comeback

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Issoufou sticks to guns on Imouraren

The deal signed by the government of Niger and Areva in Niamey on May 26 calls for the establishment of a joint strategic committee to decide when the Imouraren unranium mine goes into production. [...]

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NIGER 11/06/2014

Issoufou-Amadou: Who'll finish off the other?

With two years to go before the next presidential election, the showdown between Mahamadou Issoufou, who seeks re-election, and his former ally and now staunch enemy Hama Amadou has finally begun. Issoufou accuses Amadou of wanting to create conditions conducive [. [...]

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Hama Amadou cultivates network

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Hama abandons Issoufou

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Issoufou hangs on by thread

Sand-storms are swirling around Niamey. Undermined by the insecurity that seems to have encircled Niger for the foreseeable future, President Mahamadou Issoufou has had to increase military spending to the detriment of other pressing needs. [...]

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Amadou, a man with many contacts

Despite his fall from grace during Mamadou Tandja’s presidency, the national assembly president Hama Amadou still has a solid network of powerful contacts, built over a long political career. [...]

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Issoufou sticks to guns on Imouraren

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Military miffed at Mahamadou

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