President Hamani Diori led Niger for 14 years after independence before being overthrown in a coup 1958 - Niger becomes autonomous republic of the French Community. 1960 - Niger becomes independent; ...

August 1960: Niger gains full independence from France. A single-party civilian govermnent under the presidency of Hamani Diori runs the West African country. April 1974: Lieutenant Colonel Seyni ...

Wednesday’s military takeover marks the fifth coup in the West African nation’s history since it gained independence from France in 1960. After taking power in the 1999 coup, Major Daouda Mallam Wanke ...

Niger's President Mamadou Tandja, a 65-year-old retired army colonel, came to power in December 1999 following what the international community called "a fair and transparent democratic electoral ...

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister Delegate for Tourism, French Nationals Abroad and Francophonie, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Minister Delegate for Small and ...

David Pilling’s analysis of events in Niger (“Niger is latest domino to fall in coup belt”, Report, July 29) surprisingly makes no mention of the uranium mines near Arlit, which supplied France’s ...