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Niger Introduction - 2003 https://theodora.com/wfb2003/niger/niger_introduction.html SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Background: Not until 1993, 33 years after independence from France, did Niger hold it's first free and open elections. A 1995 peace accord ended a five-year Tuareg insurgency in the north. Coups in 1996 and 1999 were followed by the creation of a National Reconciliation Council that effected a transition to civilian rule by December 1999. NOTE: The information regarding Niger on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niger Introduction 2003 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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