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Convoy fuels speculation over Gaddafi whereabouts
06/09/2011 - LIBYA

Convoy fuels speculation over Gaddafi whereabouts

A heavily armed convoy of Libyan troops and Tuareg rebels loyal to Muammar Gaddafi entered the town of Agadez in Niger on Tuesday, military sources said. Niger's Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum said the fugitive former strongman was not on board.
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French hostages 'in good health'
29/08/2011 - NIGER

French hostages 'in good health'

The four French nationals held hostage by al Qaeda’s north African offshoot in Niger since last September are well and negotiations for their release are continuing, a negotiator has told AFP.
Ten arrested over attempted coup in Niger
03/08/2011 - NIGER

Ten arrested over attempted coup in Niger

Ten people who were involved in an attempted coup last month have been arrested, Niger’s president Mahamadou Issoufou (pictured) said late Tuesday. It was the first time Niger officials had confirmed the attempted coup.
AQIM releases new video of four French hostages
27/04/2011 - TERRORISM

AQIM releases new video of four French hostages

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb released a video on the Internet Tuesday showing four French nationals taken hostage in Niger. In the video, the hostages make an appeal for President Nicolas Sarkozy to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan.
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Ivory Coast: forgetting about human rights
17/03/2011 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Ivory Coast: forgetting about human rights

In Ivory Coast, over 400 people have died since the disupted presidential election last November, with another eighteen just this week, many of them civilians. Niger's new man in charge, Mahama-ou Issoufou wins the presidency, his third time around. And choreographer George Momboye gets his latest inspiration from the elegant Massai.
Opposition leader wins Niger election
14/03/2011 - NIGER

Opposition leader wins Niger election

Opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou (pictured) won this weekend's presidential election with 58 percent of vote, the election commission said Monday.
Niger votes for new president
14/03/2011 - NIGER

Niger votes for new president

Voters in Niger went to the polls Saturday to pick a new president, in the run-off of a presidential election heralded as the end of a long military rule in one of the world's poorest countries.
Libya: Sub-Saharan Africans flee for their lives
03/03/2011 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Libya: Sub-Saharan Africans flee for their lives

Thousands of Sub-Saharan Africans flee Libya, they're afraid of being mistaken for mercenaries in the pay of Colonel Gaddafi. Ivory Coast teeters on the brink of civil war, as clashes between the rival presidents' supporters intensify. And a fringe festival at Fespaco: villagers from remote rural areas screen their documentaries at Africa's biggest film festival.
Freed hostages to meet Sarkozy
26/02/2011 - FRANCE

Freed hostages to meet Sarkozy

The three hostages who were freed in Niger this week were set to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris Saturday. The nationals of France, Madagascar and Togo were taken hostage in Niger last September along with four other French citizens.
Al Qaeda’s North African wing releases hostages
25/02/2011 - NIGER

Al Qaeda’s North African wing releases hostages

Three of the seven hostages who were kidnapped in Niger last September by al Qaeda's regional offshoot have been released, according to the French authorities.
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