Saturday, February 20, 2010

Niger junta names platoon commander as its leader

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100219/ap_on_re_af/af_niger

Former colonial ruler France and the African Union both condemned Thursday's coup, when armed soldiers stormed the presidential palace in a hail of gunfire during broad daylight and kidnapped the country's strongman leader. The whereabouts of President Mamadou Tandja remained unknown Friday.

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