A referendum on the National Charter was held in Niger on 16 June 1987. In the first national vote since the military coup in 1974, voters were asked...

Community. In Niger the referendum was approved by 78% of voters. The next referendum was held in 1987 on a National Charter that would establish non-elective...

Seyni Kountché (1 July 1931 – 10 November 1987) was a Nigerien military officer who led a 1974 coup d'état that deposed the government of Niger's first...

provoked opposition by some Nigeriens. In 1985, a Tuareg revolt in Tchintabaraden was suppressed. Kountché died in November 1987 from a brain tumour, and...

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Pakistanization 2023 Nigerien Crisis Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, a song by Warren Zevon that...

senior military officers. Africa portal Politics portal Coup Belt 2023 Nigerien coup d'état Françafrique "General Nguema appointed transitional president...

du Soudan nigérien en 1591 à l'hégémonie de l'empire Peulh du Macina en 1833 [Timbuktu and the Arma: from the Moroccan conquest of Nigerien Sudan in 1591...

national broadcast was dissatisfaction was "due to the deteriorating security situation and bad governance." The coup would lead to the 2023 Nigerien...

servants and sex slaves. In Niger, slavery is also a current phenomenon. A Nigerien study has found that more than 800,000 people are enslaved, almost 8% of...

European Coal and Steel Community (the European Union's predecessor). As a charter member of the United Nations, France holds one of the permanent seats in...

Australian peace keeping forces intervened in East Timor following its referendum to secede from Indonesia. In 2006 Australia sent a contingent of Australian...

Representatives (1987–1993) and the South Carolina Senate (1980–1987). Jan Petránek, 86, Czech journalist, commentator and dissident, Charter 77 signatory...