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Niger coup: Senior US diplomat visits Niger; junta names new PM, Presidential guard commander
08 august 2023 - 07:00:40Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A senior US diplomat on Monday met Niger's military junta who have continued to strengthen their [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS and perennial political crises (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)
16 october 2020 - 11:49:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - All too soon, but as expected, World attention is shifting from Mali after a frenetic diplomatic [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS at 45 and the dream of its founding fathers (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)
29 may 2020 - 13:41:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - After almost five decades of existence, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), arguably Africa’s [...] Full text...
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Former junta leader, Gen. Djibo Salou, denies signing a "deal" with current authorities
22 may 2019 - 17:25:38Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The former head of the military transition 2010-2011, retired Gen. Salou Djibo, on Tuesday denied negotiating [...] Full text...
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Niger: Polls tensions increase risk of unrest in Niamey - Think Tank
21 january 2016 - 14:36:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The presidential and legislative elections in Niger are likely to be closely fought amid a divided [...] Full text...
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Niger: Former Niger president denies embezzlement allegation
07 february 2014 - 20:15:01Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The former Niger president, Mamadou Tandja, has denied allegations of embezzlement of funds saying the country [...] Full text...
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Niger honours ECOWAS mediation team
10 august 2012 - 11:49:13Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Niger Republic has honoured members of the ECOWAS Mediation Team, led by former Nigerian Head of [...] Full text...
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3 military officers arrested in Niger for coup plotting
27 july 2011 - 13:49:49Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Five people, including three officers of the Nigerien armed forces, accused of plotting a coup, were [...] Full text...
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Rights activist urges Senegal's ruling party to respect Constitution
24 july 2011 - 12:28:33Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The president of the African Assembly for the Defence of Human Rights (RADDHO), Mr. Alioune Tine, [...] Full text...
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EU grants Niger 25m-euro budget support
20 july 2011 - 11:27:47Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has decided to grant the Nigerien government budgetary support worth 25 million [...] Full text...
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Oumarou Dogari elected new Mayor of Niamey
01 july 2011 - 18:01:56Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Oumarou Dogari, a member of the MODEN-Lumana party, close to the Niger government, has been elected [...] Full text...
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Niger hails resumption of cooperation with Brussels
23 june 2011 - 12:14:01Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government has welcomed the resumption of cooperation with the European Union (EU), which was [...] Full text...
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Niger grants 18 Feb. 2010 coupists amnesty
19 may 2011 - 11:36:16Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's National Assembly on Thursday adopted a bill granting amnesty to perpetrators of the coup d'état [...] Full text...
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New Niger president moves to pardon coup plotters
05 may 2011 - 13:25:29Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger government will submit to the National Assembly a bill granting amnesty to perpetrators of [...] Full text...
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UN chief welcomes new constitutional order in Niger
08 april 2011 - 15:24:26New York, US (PA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the inauguration of a democratically-elected president in Niger Republic, [...] Full text...
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African leaders storm Niamey for Nigerean president's investiture
07 april 2011 - 14:13:13Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Several African heads of state arrived Niamey on Thursday to attend the investiture of the President [...] Full text...
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Former Niger president released, re-arrested
05 april 2011 - 19:42:04Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The former president of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, overthrown in a coup in February 2010, was released [...] Full text...
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Niger Constitutional Council confirms election of Issoufou as president
01 april 2011 - 21:12:59Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Constitutional Council in Niger on Friday confirmed the election of Mahamadou Issoufou of the Niger [...] Full text...
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Democracy: UN chief congratulates Niger Republic
30 march 2011 - 14:41:49New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has congratulated the key players in the recent elections in [...] Full text...
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Niger's media hailed for contributing to peaceful elections
24 march 2011 - 20:31:38Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger's National Communication Watchdog (ONC) on Thursday lauded the media for their contributions to the peaceful [...] Full text...
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AU lifts Niger suspension after successful presidential polls
16 march 2011 - 20:57:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Wednesday lifted the suspension of Niger after a successful presidential [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS to review sanctions on Guinea, Niger
14 march 2011 - 14:39:40Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to review the sanctions it imposed [...] Full text...
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Mahamadou Issoufou wins Niger's presidential runoff
14 march 2011 - 14:09:47Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Veteran opposition candidate Mahamadou Issoufou has won Niger's presidential runoff, held on Saturday, according to provisional [...] Full text...
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Ex-Niger PM to support Mahamadou Issoufou in presidential run-off
10 february 2011 - 11:55:14Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Former Nigerien Prime Minister Hama Amadou has decided to support candidate Mahamadou Issoufou in the second [...] Full text...
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Nigerian presidential candidate commends Nigeriens over elections
05 february 2011 - 14:57:32Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The presidential candidate of Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, has hailed [...] Full text...
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AU hails conduct of Nigerien presidential polls
04 february 2011 - 18:07:08Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has praised the successful organization of the presidential vote in Niger, [...] Full text...
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Rights activists protest continuing detention of four Niger military officers
21 january 2011 - 20:48:44Paris, France (PANA) – Niger and French human rights acgivists on Thursday in Strasbourg, eastern France, met several European parliamentarians [...] Full text...
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EU to send election observers to Niger
20 january 2011 - 16:47:00Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) will send a 38-member observer mission to the 31 January presidential [...] Full text...
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Niger 2011: Opposition PNDS establishes campaign secretariat in France
16 january 2011 - 08:26:21Paris, France (PANA) - The French chapter of Niger's Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), led by former prime minister [...] Full text...
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UN, AU assess political situation in Niger Republic
13 january 2011 - 18:07:11New York, US (PANA) - A joint UN and African Union (AU) mission arrived in Niger Republic on Thursday to [...] Full text...
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Municipal, regional elections hold in Niger
11 january 2011 - 15:22:39Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Nigeriens are voting Tuesday in the country's municipal and regional elections, postponed from Sunday, PANA reported [...] Full text...
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President Wade demands release of former Niger’s president Tandja
11 december 2010 - 12:49:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade on Friday asked the Niger military junta to release former [...] Full text...
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Nigeriens approve new constitution
03 november 2010 - 11:58:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- With a landslide 90. 18 percent vote, the "Yes" vote Sunda y approved Niger's new constitution [...] Full text...
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Niger junta leader receives AU representative
25 october 2010 - 20:44:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's junta leader, General Salou Djibo, on Monday met the African Union special representative, Albert Tevoedjre, [...] Full text...
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UN chief welcomes Niger's move to constitutional order
21 september 2010 - 18:21:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday welcomed a commit ment by the transitional authorities in Niger [...] Full text...
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France hails transition managers in Niger
20 august 2010 - 18:00:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSR D) in Niger, which February toppled President [...] Full text...
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Niger moves to get new constitution
12 august 2010 - 19:18:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's National Advisory Council, a legislative organ ov erseeing the country's transition, is reviewing a draft [...] Full text...
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EU to restore ties with Niger
26 july 2010 - 16:49:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) will "gradually" restore coop eration with Niger by first reviving development aid [...] Full text...
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CEN-SAD leaders arrive for summit
21 july 2010 - 21:24:00N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- Several African leaders arrived on Wednesday in N'Djame na, the Chadian capital, to attend the two-day [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS leaders fail to agree on rotation of positions as summit ends
03 july 2010 - 08:48:00Sal- Cape Verde (PANA) -- West African leaders rounded off their 38th session in Sal Island, Cape Verde, Friday night [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS grants reprieve to Niger
02 july 2010 - 23:04:00Sal- Cape Verde (PANA) -- In appreciation of the tremendous progress made by the authorities in Niger to return the [...] Full text...
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UN to support electoral process in Niger
25 june 2010 - 12:04:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The United Nations is prepared to support Niger to organi se free and transparent elections next [...] Full text...
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African Union urges speedy presidential elections in Niger
18 june 2010 - 12:00:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) Friday called for a speedy return to civilian rule in Niger [...] Full text...
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Junta leader tasks political class in Niger (Corrected)
29 may 2010 - 15:50:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Head of Niger's ruling junta, Gen. Salou Djibo, has urged the country's political class to [...] Full text...
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Junta leaders tasks political class in Niger
29 may 2010 - 14:20:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Head of Niger's ruling junta, Gen. Salou Djibo, has urged the country's political class to [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS hails 'quantum leap' in journey to constitutional rule in Niger
23 may 2010 - 08:37:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) h as hailed Niger's military government for releasing [...] Full text...
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Kadhafi receives envoy of Niger's junta leader
08 april 2010 - 20:33:00Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Mouamar Kadhafi, on Thursday in Sirte, central Libya, received a special envoy of [...] Full text...
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AU envoy 'satisfied' with mission to Niger
24 march 2010 - 13:34:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- African Union Commission Chairman's special envoy for Nig er, Mr. Albert Tأ©voedjأ©rأ©, has expressed satisfaction [...] Full text...
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Niger's ruling junta leader receives AU special envoy
22 march 2010 - 21:48:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger ruling junta leader, Squadron Leader Djibo Salou, on Monday received the special envoy of the [...] Full text...
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Africa's media group wants Niger junta to respect press freedom
12 march 2010 - 19:58:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The chairman of the International Union for African Journ alists (UIJA), Lancinأ© Camara, Friday in Paris, [...] Full text...
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AU issues six-month ultimatum for elections in Niger
11 march 2010 - 16:21:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) on Thursday demanded an ur gent election timetable, leading to the [...] Full text...
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Niger's junta stops pro-govt demonstrations
04 march 2010 - 11:36:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's ruling Supreme Council for the Restoration of Dem ocracy (CSRD) has stopped all demonstrations in [...] Full text...
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Niger junta, transitional gov't disqualified from presidential election
01 march 2010 - 20:27:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- No member of Niger's military junta or the transition gov ernment will be allowed to stand [...] Full text...
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Delegation of Niger junta visits Paris
01 march 2010 - 19:07:00Paris- France (PANA) -- A delegation of the Supreme Council for the Restoration o f Democracy (CSRD), the ruling junta [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Senate urges fast return to democratic governance in Niger
25 february 2010 - 19:36:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Senate Thursday passed a resolution urging the international community and the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Senate urges fast return to democratic goverance in Niger
25 february 2010 - 19:22:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Senate Thursday passed a resolution urging the international community and the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
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New Niger prime minister to set up government of technocrats
24 february 2010 - 23:37:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's newly appointed Prime minister, Mahamadou Danda, on Wednesday vowed to set up a government that [...] Full text...
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Head of Niger junta proclaims self head of State
23 february 2010 - 15:32:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The head of the Niger junta that toppled President Mamado u Tandja on Thursday, Colonel Salou [...] Full text...
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Red cross delegation to meet Tandja
22 february 2010 - 12:16:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- A Red Cross delegation was billed to meet deposed President Mamadou Tandja Monday to inquire about [...] Full text...
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Nigerian calls for stiffer sanctions against Nigerâ?s coup leaders
20 february 2010 - 19:10:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A Nigerian political analyst, Professor Wale Are-Olaitan , on Saturday called for â?targeted sanctionsâ? against the [...] Full text...
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Thousands demonstrate in support of junta
20 february 2010 - 18:31:00Niamey- Niger (PANA)- â" Thousands of demonstrators on Saturday poured into the streets of Niamey in response to a call [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde backs AU, ECOWAS positions on Niger coup
20 february 2010 - 17:26:00Praia- Cape-Verde (PANA) -- Cape Verde on Saturday threw its weight behind the Af rican Union (AU) and the Economic [...] Full text...
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Niger coup occupies front pages in Benin
20 february 2010 - 13:40:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Thursday's coup in Niger that toppled President Mamado u Tandja was the main story that occupied [...] Full text...
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Niger junta leader says coup was collective action
20 february 2010 - 08:04:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Squadron Commander Djibo Salou, Chairman of Niger's milit ary junta, the Supreme Council for Restoration of [...] Full text...
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Belgian military plane held up in Niamey
19 february 2010 - 23:11:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- A Belgian military plane has been held up at the airport in Niamey following Thursday's coup [...] Full text...
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President Tandja's extended rule ends abruptly
19 february 2010 - 23:10:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Thursday's military coup in Niamey abruptly ended the rule of Niger's President Mamadou Tandja, who enjoyed [...] Full text...
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Senegal promises to help Niger return to democratic order
19 february 2010 - 23:01:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Senegalese Foreign Affairs minister, Madickأ© Niang, said in Niamey on Friday that his country will [...] Full text...
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Niger junta reopens borders
19 february 2010 - 21:11:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's military junta, the Supreme Council for the Res toration of Democracy, which seized power on [...] Full text...
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Niger enters another era of political turbulence
19 february 2010 - 20:58:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Niger has again entered an era of political turbulence a fter the umpteenth military coup which [...] Full text...
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African Union suspends Niger following military coup
19 february 2010 - 18:41:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) on Friday suspended Niger from its membership and called for an [...] Full text...
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African Union diplomats meet on Niger suspension
19 february 2010 - 17:14:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A meeting of top African diplomats, underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday, tussled over [...] Full text...
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Calm returns to Niamey after Tanja's overthrow
19 february 2010 - 15:53:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niamey, capital of Niger, returned to a state of calm a d ay after the military [...] Full text...
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AU strongly condemns Niger's coup
19 february 2010 - 13:02:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) warned Friday that the decision not to allow any unconstitutional takeover [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS sends three-man delegation to Niger
19 february 2010 - 11:44:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The 15-member regional bloc Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Friday sent a three-member delegation [...] Full text...
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Niger coup presents real test for new ECOWAS Chair (Analysis)
19 february 2010 - 09:26:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Even if he had any premonition about Thursday's military coup in Niger, the words of the [...] Full text...
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Niger soldiers suspend constitution is coup takes hold
18 february 2010 - 22:25:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) â" Soldiers who stormed the p-residential palace in Niamey on Thursday during a cabinet meeting have announced [...] Full text...
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Gunshots at Niger presidential palace, sparks rumours of coup
18 february 2010 - 18:35:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- A couple of hours after gunshots were heard around Niger' s presidential palace, residents of the [...] Full text...
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AU vows to act against Niger coup plotters
18 february 2010 - 17:23:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) has vowed to act tough aga inst plotters of an apparent [...] Full text...
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Opposition mobilizes against President Tandja's govt
14 february 2010 - 18:16:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Opposition parties in Niger, under the aegis of the Coord ination of Forces for Democracy and [...] Full text...
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Dissolution of cabinet, CEI lead Abidjan papers
13 february 2010 - 19:47:00Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The dissolution of the state cabinet and the In dependent Electoral Commission (CEI) by Ivorian [...] Full text...
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Wade wants quick resolution of Nigerien crisis
03 february 2010 - 13:00:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade Tuesday in Niamey, ex pressed the wish to find quick solution to [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President Wade to mediate in Niger's political crisis
02 february 2010 - 17:40:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was due in Niger's ca pital, Niamey, Tuesday to help find a [...] Full text...
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Tandja tells diplomats to respect confidentiality
14 january 2010 - 23:42:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- President Mamadou Tanja on Thursday reminded diplomats, ambassadors for international organizations accredited to Niger to respect [...] Full text...
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Tandja urges defence forces to step up security
14 january 2010 - 22:07:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- President Mamadou Tandja on Thursday urged the defence an d security forces to confront the insecurity [...] Full text...
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President Tandja hails return of peace to Niger
14 january 2010 - 16:08:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's President Mamadou Tandja on Thursday hailed the r eturn of peace in the northern part [...] Full text...
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Free CAN 2010 broadcast on all Niger TV channels
13 january 2010 - 21:11:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's government has asked all private television stati ons to broadcast for free matches of the [...] Full text...
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Nigerien govt, opposition to resume talks 7 January
30 december 2009 - 08:30:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Talks aimed at restoring dialogue between Niger's governm ent and opposition, under the auspices of the [...] Full text...
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Niger's government, opposition to resume talks on 7 January (Corrected)
29 december 2009 - 23:53:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Talks aimed at restoring dialogue between Niger's governm ent and opposition under the auspices of the [...] Full text...
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Council polls hold in Niger
27 december 2009 - 16:05:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Nigeriens were voting Sunday in the country's council pol ls to elect representatives in 265 town-councils. [...] Full text...
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U.S. slams travel ban on Niger over Tandja's tenure elongation
24 december 2009 - 20:28:00Washington DC- US (PANA) -- The US has imposed travel restrictions on certain mem bers of the Nigerien government and [...] Full text...
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U.S. slams travel ban on Niger over Tandja's tenure elongation
24 december 2009 - 07:45:00Washington DC- US (PANA) -- The US has imposed travel restrictions on certain mem bers of the Nigerien government and [...] Full text...
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Niger trade unions to strike on Tuesday
21 december 2009 - 20:57:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The umbrella trade union movement in Niger, Coordination of Forces for Democracy and Republic (CFDR), which [...] Full text...
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Municipal elections campaign opens in Niger
16 december 2009 - 22:15:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's president, Mamadou Tandja, on Wednesday opened th e campaign for 27 December local elections and [...] Full text...
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Tandja's supporters demonstrate support
15 december 2009 - 22:26:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Several thousand people, including many students, on Tues day demonstrated in support of President Mamadou Tandja, [...] Full text...
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OIF lifts suspension of Mauritania
14 december 2009 - 23:44:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The international Francophone Organization (OIF) on Monda y lifted the suspension of Mauritania, saying the country [...] Full text...
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Opposition wants President Tandja to step down 22 December
13 december 2009 - 18:03:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- More than 5,000 demonstrators on Sunday gathered in Niame y, the Niger capital, demanding that their [...] Full text...
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Niger opposition condemns award of mining contracts to president's allies
11 december 2009 - 17:10:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Coordination of Forces for Democracy and Republic (CF DR), a coalition of political parties, trade [...] Full text...
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Niger PM expected in Gabon
01 december 2009 - 10:32:00Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Niger Prime Minister Ali Badjo Gamate was expected in Libreville, Gabon, Tuesday on a working visit, [...] Full text...
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Kadhafi receives Niger delegation
26 november 2009 - 21:53:00Tripoli- Libya(PANA) -- Libyan revolutionary leader Mouammar Kadhafi, the current AU chairman, on Thursday received in Tripoli a high-powered delegation [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Mediator heads to Niger
17 november 2009 - 13:59:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ECOWAS Mediator for Niger, retired Gen. Abdusalami A bubakar of Nigeria, left Abuja for [...] Full text...
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Info Bill, smooth hajj take-off given priority in Ghana media
14 november 2009 - 09:14:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Cabinet's decision to approve the Right to Information Bill, the first smooth take-off of hajj in [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Mediator meets with Nigerien opposition coalition
12 november 2009 - 13:03:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A meeting between the ECOWAS Mediator for Niger, retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar of Nigeria, and [...] Full text...
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41-member Nigerien opposition delegation arrives in Nigeria
11 november 2009 - 18:00:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The 41-member 'Forces for the Coordination of Democracy and the Republic', a coalition of Niger's opposition [...] Full text...
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Niger delegation lobby ECOWAS leaders
09 november 2009 - 18:22:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A Niger delegation, led by Prime Minister Ali Badjo Gamati e, on Monday called on Ghanaâ?s [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Consultative Meeting on Niger opens
09 november 2009 - 12:11:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ECOWAS Consultative Meeting on the constitutional cr isis in Niger opened in Nigeria's capital city [...] Full text...
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Talks to end Nigerien crisis begin Monday
08 november 2009 - 18:47:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ECOWAS-mediated talks aimed at resolving the constitutional crisis in Niger will open in Abuja, Nigeria, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria denies shutting Niger Border
06 november 2009 - 09:14:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria has denied widespread media reports that it has shut its border with Niger as part [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Consultative Meeting on Niger starts Monday
04 november 2009 - 13:14:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The ECOWAS Consultative Meeting of major Nigerien stakeh olders, aimed at re-establishing political dialogue to create [...] Full text...
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Yar'Adua says whatever affects Niger affects Nigeria
03 november 2009 - 19:05:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yarâ?Adua Tuesday said wh atever disturbed the peace and stability of the [...] Full text...
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PAP condemns Guinea's massacre, Niger's elections
01 november 2009 - 14:40:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) at the weekend condemne d the massacre witnessed in Guinea on 29 [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS consultative meeting on Niger postponed
29 october 2009 - 07:49:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ECOWAS Consultative Meeting of major Nigerien stakeh olders, scheduled to be held in Nigeria's capital [...] Full text...
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Niger President dispatches mission on shuttle diplomacy
27 october 2009 - 11:25:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja has asked his Prime Min ister, Ali Badjo Gamatiأ©, to constitute a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's opposition commends ECOWAS for democracy
23 october 2009 - 14:36:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's opposition party, the Action Congress (AC), ha s commended the Economic Community of West African [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS suspends Niger, vows non-recognition of poll result
20 october 2009 - 18:28:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) T uesday suspended Niger from the 15-member regional [...] Full text...
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Niger, Gambia are worst ranked countries on media tolerance
20 october 2009 - 17:57:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) â" The global press freedom -watchdog, Reporters Without B orders (RSF), Tuesday named Niger and the Gambia [...] Full text...
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Exclusive: ECOWAS to announce full sanctions against Niger Tuesday
19 october 2009 - 22:01:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to announce full sanctions against Niger [...] Full text...
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Nigeriens prepare for polls despite ECOWAS' postponement advice
19 october 2009 - 12:15:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Despite the request by ECOWAS leaders for the postponemen t of Tuesday's legislative polls in Niger, [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS leaders sanction Guinea, Niger
17 october 2009 - 17:33:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday imposed an arms embargo on Guinea [...] Full text...
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Compaorأ© to attend ECOWAS extraordinary summit on Guinea, Niger
16 october 2009 - 14:20:00Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burkina Faso President, Blaise Compaorأ©, wil l attend the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community [...] Full text...
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Heads of state to launch campaign against fake drugs
12 october 2009 - 12:37:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- A dozen heads of state were billed to attend Monday's la unch of the campaign against [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS to hold extra-ordinary summit on Guinea
08 october 2009 - 15:02:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extra-ordinary summit on the situations [...] Full text...
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Niger gives humanitarian aid to Chad
17 september 2009 - 11:06:00N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- Niger has given a cheque for 25 million CFA Francs to C had to assist it [...] Full text...
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Tandja ready to dialogue with the opposition, Pan African MP says
16 september 2009 - 20:53:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's president Mamadou Tandja is ready to dialogue wit h the opposition following a crisis triggered [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Parliament seeks urgent intervention in Niger's crisis
09 september 2009 - 17:32:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ECOWAS Parliament has called on ECOWAS and the Afric an Union to ''intervene immediately'' for [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS extra-ordinary summit on Niger postponed
03 september 2009 - 10:20:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The extra-ordinary summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and G overnment on the crisis in Niger, [...] Full text...
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AU special summit: Leaders storm Libya for solutions to conflicts in Africa
31 august 2009 - 18:27:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan capital, Tripoli, virtually transformed into the capital of Africa with African presidents and heads [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS ad-hoc ministerial committee leaves for Niger Saturday
28 august 2009 - 07:14:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ECOWAS ad-hoc ministerial committee on Niger is bill ed to leave for Niamey on Saturday [...] Full text...
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Niger increases number of MPs from 113 to 143
27 august 2009 - 17:51:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The National Council for Political Dialogue in Niger (CND P), a body that brings together opposition [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS plans extra-ordinary summit on Niger
24 august 2009 - 20:44:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council Monday recomme nded that an extra-ordinary summit of Heads of [...] Full text...
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Anti-corruption leader arrested in Niger
24 august 2009 - 17:09:00Berlin- Germany (PANA) -- Transparency International (TI) has expressed serious c oncern about the arrest in Niger, of Wada Maman, [...] Full text...
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Nigerien president names new cabinet
20 august 2009 - 16:22:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja on Wednesday re-appoint ed former Prime-Minister, Seini Oumarou, and all the members [...] Full text...
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Nigeriens protest anti-democratic moves
19 august 2009 - 12:32:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Opposition politicians, civil society organisations and t he seven workers' unions in Niger Wednesday launched a [...] Full text...
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Nigerien government resigns
19 august 2009 - 11:46:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Nigerien Prime Minister Seini Oumarou on Tuesday handed t o President Mamadou Tandja his government's resignation, [...] Full text...
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Opposition leader's arrest sparks protests in Niger
11 august 2009 - 17:16:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The arrest of Marou Amadou, spokesperson of the Front for the Defence of Democracy in Niger [...] Full text...
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Opposition leader's arrest sparks protests in Niger
11 august 2009 - 11:59:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The arrest of Marou Amadou, spokesperson of the Front for the Defence of Democracy in Niger [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council to meet over Niger
11 august 2009 - 08:52:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council is scheduled t o meet in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on [...] Full text...
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Africa urged to collaborate in telecom development
08 august 2009 - 19:27:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The former President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ahmad Tejan Ka bbah, has called on African [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Niger's referendum â?went off wellâ? - International observers
07 august 2009 - 22:16:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- A group of international observers, which was mainly made up of civil society groups from Benin, [...] Full text...
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Niger President Tandja chalks landslide victory in controversial referendum
07 august 2009 - 21:38:00Niamey- Niger (PANA ) -- Niger's President Mamadou Tandja has chalked a landslide victory in Tuesday's controversial referendum that paves [...] Full text...
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African Civil Society demands restoration of constitutional order in Niger
05 august 2009 - 19:28:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- African Civil Society (ACS) Wednesday denounced the sile nce by African heads of state to the [...] Full text...
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Yar'Adua expresses concern at Nigerien political face-off
05 august 2009 - 17:33:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's President Umaru Yarâ?Adua Wednesday expressed deep concern at the political situation in Niger Republic. [...] Full text...
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Niger government tightens press control following referendum
05 august 2009 - 14:51:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The public referendum in Niger, on a constitutional amend ment that would pave the way for [...] Full text...
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Constitutional referendum begins in Niger
04 august 2009 - 18:00:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The constitutional referendum, aimed at amending Niger's constitution to keep President Mamadou Tandja in power for [...] Full text...
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Niger police interrogate 8 editors over story on president's son
04 august 2009 - 17:03:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Police in Niger have interrogated eight managing editors working for different independent media outlets over a [...] Full text...
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Referendum: Nigerien govt. warns against violence
02 august 2009 - 13:15:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Nigerien Interior and Decentralization Minister Abouba Al bade, Sunday, sternly warned political parties, civil society organisations [...] Full text...
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TI urges Nigerien President to stop tenure extension plan
27 july 2009 - 13:38:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Transparency International (TI), the civil society organ isation leading the global fight against corruption, has urged [...] Full text...
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Academic urges Nigeriens to defend constitution
23 july 2009 - 17:04:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- A teacher/researcher in the Faculty of Economic and Legal Sciences of Abdou Moumouni University in Niamey, [...] Full text...
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Federation of workers union calls 2-day strike in Niger
23 july 2009 - 13:51:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The federation of workers' unions of Niger (ITN), which g roups the country's seven trade unions, [...] Full text...
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Resolve Nigerien crisis, Nigerian Lower House charges AU, ECOWAS
22 july 2009 - 19:49:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian House of Representatives on Wednesday calle d on the Federal Government to impress upon [...] Full text...
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Independent media protest closure of radio station in Niger
21 july 2009 - 20:10:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Independent media houses in Niger are protesting the clo sure of the Dounia Radio and Television [...] Full text...
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UN-AU-ECOWAS joint mission in Niger over political problem
21 july 2009 - 17:03:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- A joint mission of the United Nations (UN), the African U nion (AU) and ECOWAS, led [...] Full text...
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Paris urges Tandja to avoid sanctions against Niger
13 july 2009 - 21:32:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The French government on Monday exhorted Niger's Presiden t Mamadou Tandja to avoid international sanctions against [...] Full text...
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EU cuts off budget aid to Niger
11 july 2009 - 19:46:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has decided to cut off its budget assistance to Niger to protest [...] Full text...
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Niger nationals stage anti-Tandja demonstration in Paris
11 july 2009 - 08:23:00Paris- France (PANA) -- A group of Niger nationals demonstrated on Friday at the Embassy of Niger in Paris to [...] Full text...
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Niger moves to 'gag' media ahead of referendum
09 july 2009 - 18:11:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- In a move seen by political analysts as efforts to gag th e press ahead of [...] Full text...
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Niger holds constitutional referendum 4 Aug
08 july 2009 - 12:08:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's controversial referendum aimed at changing the co untry's Constitution to allow President Mamadou Tandja to [...] Full text...
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Ex-Botswana leader, Mogae, decries tenure elongation in Africa
08 july 2009 - 10:57:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Former Botswana leader Festus Mogae has said some Africa n leaders' penchant to extend their tenure [...] Full text...
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Opposition party urges Nigeriens to boycott 4 August referendum
07 july 2009 - 18:57:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The deputy secretary-general of the Niger Party for Democ racy and Socialism (PNDS-Taraya), Mr Hassoumi Massaoudou, [...] Full text...
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Niger suspended from Francophony Assembly
06 july 2009 - 22:53:00Paris- France (PANA) – The West African state of N-iger has been suspended from t he Francophony Parliamentary Assembly (FPA), [...] Full text...
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Protest in Niamey over President's tenure elongation plan
06 july 2009 - 08:32:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Some 40,000 people poured onto the streets of the Nigerie n capital, Niamey, on Sunday to [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges restraint, dialogue on Niger crisis
03 july 2009 - 00:14:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday voiced concern over the political and constitutional crisis in [...] Full text...
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Niger bans private TV, radio station
02 july 2009 - 17:21:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Authorities in Niger have slammed a ban on the privately -owned Dounia TV and Radio station [...] Full text...
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EU "worried" about political developments in Niger
01 july 2009 - 23:59:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) said on Wednesday that it was "worried" about the latest developments in [...] Full text...
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Diouf expresses concern over Niger's political crisis
01 july 2009 - 19:19:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The secretary general of the International Organisation o f the Francophony (OIF), Abdou Diouf, on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Niger civil society leader arrested by security agencies
30 june 2009 - 22:13:00Niamey- Niger (PANA)- – A civil society leader in Niger was on Monday night arres ted for questioning by the [...] Full text...
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Niger opposition leader Issoufou hails resilience of private media
30 june 2009 - 21:44:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) – A leading Niger opposition -figure, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Tuesday hailed "the commitment and determination" of the [...] Full text...
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France worried by the political crisis in Niger
30 june 2009 - 19:13:00Paris- France (PANA) -- A spokesman of the French Foreign Affairs ministry, Romai n Nadal, on Tuesday expressed France's concerns [...] Full text...
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Niger President Tandja dissolves constitutional court
30 june 2009 - 00:06:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The President of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, on Monday threw t he West AFrican state into more [...] Full text...
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Niger’s electoral commission ready to work for polls
26 june 2009 - 22:24:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Niger National Independent Election Commission (CENI) is ready to get down to work for free [...] Full text...
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Nigerien president's allies urge cancellation of referendum
24 june 2009 - 14:50:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- A member of the ruling coalition of political parties in Niger, the democratic and social convention [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS leaders move to ensure successful elections in Guinea, Guinea Bissau
22 june 2009 - 19:32:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- West African leaders rounded off their one-day summit he re Monday with far-reaching decisions aimed at [...] Full text...
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Former Niger PM Hama Amadou calls for “political responsibility”
18 june 2009 - 23:34:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's former Prime Minister, Hama Amadou, on Thursday u rged the country's political class to exhibit [...] Full text...
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Niger's trade unions postpone strike
18 june 2009 - 12:20:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's trade unions have postpone their one-day general strike, scheduled for Thursday to protest Niger President [...] Full text...
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Niger's opposition groups unite against President Tandja
16 june 2009 - 20:06:00Paris- France (PANA) -- Representatives of opposition groups and the civil societ y in Niger have formed "a formidable organisation" [...] Full text...
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Niger's Constitutional Court says “no” to a constitutional referendum
12 june 2009 - 23:15:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's Constitutional Court on Friday dealt another blow to the ambition of President Mamadou Tandja to [...] Full text...
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Controversial draft constitution submitted to Niger's President Tandja
10 june 2009 - 18:16:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Technical Committee in charge of preparing a controversial new draft constitution, which many believe is [...] Full text...
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Political tension in Niger worries Ban
10 june 2009 - 07:24:00New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern ove r ``heightened political tension'' in Niger, following [...] Full text...
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Respect Constitution, ECOWAS tells Niger
04 june 2009 - 08:38:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Against the backdrop of the political crisis triggered b y Niger President Mamadou Tandja's quest for [...] Full text...
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President Tandja sets up committee to prepare draft constitution
03 june 2009 - 07:18:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The plan by Niger's President Mamadou Tandja to contest f or a third term in office [...] Full text...
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Yar'Adua mediates Nigerien political crisis
02 june 2009 - 18:36:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's President Umaru Yar’Adua Tuesday dispatched a high-powered delegation, led by former Head of State, retired [...] Full text...
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Churches pray for peace in Niger
01 june 2009 - 12:10:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Amid a tense political atmosphere in Niger, caused by the decision of President Mamadou Tandja to [...] Full text...
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Nigeriens in Diaspora reject Tandja's third term bid
12 may 2009 - 08:46:00Paris- France (PANA) -- Nigerien nationals living in France have expressed "stron g opposition" to any initiative aimed at making [...] Full text...
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UN lauds Niger president over talks with rebels
06 may 2009 - 12:33:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN has described as ''a step toward conflict resolutio n'' Niger President Mamadou Tandja's [...] Full text...
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Tandja inaugurates Niger national agronomic research
23 april 2009 - 23:01:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The President of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, on Thursday inaug urated the National Council for Agronomic Research [...] Full text...
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Gaddafi, Amadou Touré examine security issues
04 april 2009 - 01:11:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan revolutionary leader and current chairman of the African Union (AU) on Friday held talks [...] Full text...
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Gaddafi, Amadou Touré examine security issues
03 april 2009 - 23:07:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan revolutionary leader and current chairman of the African Union (AU) on Friday held talks [...] Full text...
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French President visits Niger
27 march 2009 - 19:25:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived here Friday, acc ompanied by a high-powered delegation of businessmen, for [...] Full text...
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Sarkozy to visit 3 African countries from 26 March
25 march 2009 - 16:52:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will 26-27 March vi sit three African countries, the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Tandja, Kadhafi parley on AU, CEN-SAD in Niamey
14 march 2009 - 20:47:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The President of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, on Saturday in Ni amey had talks with Libyan leader [...] Full text...
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OPEC Fund gives Niger US$15m
16 february 2009 - 12:26:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The OPEC Fund has granted Niger US$15 million for the programme to revive ecosystems and the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Saudi Fund grants US$20 million to Niger for Kandadji dam
10 february 2009 - 22:56:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Board of Directors of the Saudi Development Fund (FSD) has granted US$20 million to the [...] Full text...
thread Economy
ECOWAS livestock ministers end meetings
06 february 2009 - 22:06:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Ministers responsible for Livestock in ECOWAS say the region-wide common external tariff due for introduction by [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Niger to spend CFA francs 15 billion on elections
23 january 2009 - 16:01:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Nigerien government plans to spend CFA francs 15 bill ion on the general and local [...] Full text...
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Nigerien parliament may lift MPs immunity over graft case
20 january 2009 - 12:27:00Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Nigerian President Mamadou Tandja Tuesday summoned an extraordinary session of the country's National Assembly to examine [...] Full text...
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