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- EU urges dialogue, peaceful manner in Niger crisis
The European Union (EU) on Thursday called on all political players to engage in dialogue and resolve the current Niger political crisis in a peaceful manner. 'EU is gravely concerned at recent political developments in Niger and welcomes the efforts
- Niger President Sets Referendum On Third Term for Aug. 4
Niger President Mamadou Tandja has fixed Aug. 4 as the date for a controversial referendum to decide whether he can run for a third mandate, a statement said. 'The electorate is summoned on Tuesday, August 4... in order to give a verdict through a
- Canadians keep falling for Nigerian letter scam
The Competition Bureau is warning that recessions are 'boom times for scammers' and predicts desperate Canadians will fall into traps offering easy cash online, by phone and mail. Statistics provided by Phonebusters -- the Canadian anti-fraud call centre
- 4 Nigerians arrested for possessing heroin
CHANDIGARH: Four Nigerian youths were arrested today for allegedly possessing 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 50 lakh in international market and police claimed to have busted a drug-trafficking racket in the region. Mohali police chief J S Aulakh said the
- Nigerian rebels threaten new gas pipeline project
Nigeria's best known rebel group on Saturday threatened to thwart a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe, but the army vowed to protect the project. 'Any money put into the project will go down the drain
- Nigeria Militants Will Attack Trans-Sahara Pipe If Built (DJ)
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- A Nigerian militant group on Saturday reiterated that foreign oil companies should leave the Niger Delta and threatened a planned trans-Saharan pipeline project. In an e-mail, a spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the
- West Africa: Trans-Sahara Pipeline to Send Gas to Europe
Lagos Three African countries yesterday signed an accord to build a $10 billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe. The project would convey gas destined for the European market more than 4,000 kilometres (2,485 miles)
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Niger became independent from France in 1960 and experienced single-party and military rule until 1991, when Gen. Ali SAIBOU was forced by public pressure to allow multiparty elections, which resulted in a democratic government in 1993. Political infighting brought the government to a standstill and in 1996 led to a coup by Col. Ibrahim BARE. In 1999 BARE was killed in a coup by military officers who promptly restored democratic rule and held elections that brought Mamadou TANDJA to power in December of that year. TANDJA was reelected in 2004. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. The largely agrarian and subsistence-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts common to the Sahel region of Africa.
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AFP - Nigerian armed group MEND threatened Saturday to thwart a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan gas pipeline project linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.
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