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DIED. IBRAHIM BARE MAINASSARA, 49, President of Niger; in a spray of gunfire, reportedly from his bodyguards, at the Diori-Hamani airport; in Niamey. The shooting came at the end of a frenzied week in which Mainassara's opposition accused him of fixing an election. Niger's Prime Minister said he died in an "unfortunate accident...
However, the Bruins scored the next 11 points to take a commanding 23-9 lead. Kris Thabit and John Diori each scored a try to rally the Crimson, but it was not quite enough as Brown held...
...others deposed were Niger's President Hamani Diori, Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie. Madagascar's head of state Gabriel Ramanantsoa and Chad's President Ngarta Tombalbaye...
...strongman, Lieut. Colonel Seyni Kountie, 43, a former officer in the French army, publicly claimed it was the drought that did in Niger's democracy. He charged that the popularly elected government "lacked organization and initiative when confronted with the crisis." Kountie put President Diori under house arrest, dissolved the National Assembly, and banned all political activity. It was black Africa's 32nd coup...
...uranium mines traditionally had been controlled by French interests, including France's atomic energy commission and two private companies. Early last year Diori decided to break France's monopoly and awarded the lucrative exploration contract to Pan Ocean Oil, Ltd., a Canadian firm. Last week, shortly after he grabbed power, Kountie said he would reopen uranium negotiations with the French...