Agadez - The Grande Mosque

On the road to nowhere

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April 24th 2005
Niger, Il fait chaud! Niger is hot, very very hot. And Niger is big, so very very big - thousands of miles of barren scrub and desert. As a result there were times in Niger where I felt I was on the road to nowhere. For those of you that have been following my blogs regularly there is news about the political situation in Niger. I'm quoting here from IRINnews.org I ... read more

Africa » Niger

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Not until 1993, 33 years after independence from France, did Niger hold its 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 Reconc... ... read more