A Decade of Niger

Download or read book A Decade of Niger written by Klaas van Walraven and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an overview of political and socioeconomic developments in Niger during the last ten years. Besides demonstrating the structural continuities in the politics of Niger, its society and economy, it goes into some of the fundamental changes that the country experienced in this period. Thus, it discusses the end of the Mamadou Tandja era, the beginning of oil production, the new Islamist insurgencies and the threat to Niger’s security, the chronic difficulties in food production and the growth of authoritarianism in Mahamadou Issoufou’s government.