· February, 2010

Stories about Guinea from February, 2010

Coup in Niger: Bloggers sigh in relief at the ousting of President Tandja

  20 February 2010

On Thursday, February 18th a coup d'état took place in Niger, in which President Mamadou Tandja was captured after a gun battle in the capital. A few months ago Tandja illegally changed the constitution to allow him a third term in what was generally considered a mass fraud referendum. Bloggers react to these latest developments.