The Martyrs Monument

With the decorative lanterns crushed and with the remains of a burned tyre on its shelf, the monument of martyrs was an obvious sign of the counterreaction to the corrupt police force. The centre point of Zinder.

Days in the desert

August 21st 2006
The ceiling was black; or was it white? Or did it actually change colour depending on the time of the day? That was all that I could grasp as I lay in bed with Miss Malaria, munching medicines. In the hallway outside my room - high-heeled prostitutes “clicketi-clacketed” back and forth with their new and old customers - and outside our questionable hotel - unenthusiastic independence-day cel ... read more

Africa » Niger » Zinder

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

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