Niamey’s political boomerang: the inherent vulnerability of military rule
The unfolding scenario in Niamey follows an almost mechanical, tragically predictable pattern. While regimes and leaders may change, the fundamental approach to power remains disconcertingly consistent. When heavy gunfire and explosions once again pierced the night near the presidential palace and airbase in Niamey, the population held its breath, gripped by an unsettling sense of […]