Niger Coup D'etat
Niger Coup D'etat . The 1996 nigerien coup d'état was a military coup d'état which occurred on 27 january 1996 in niamey, niger.it ousted niger's first democratically elected president, mahamane ousmane after nearly three years in power and installed general ibrahim baré maïnassara as head of state. A majority faction of niger’s military, calling themselves the supreme council for the restoration of democracy (csrd), staged a military ‘coup’, deposing niger’s controversial president and fledgling dictator, mamadou tandja, with the promise to restore the country. Au Niger, Mamadou Tandja, de coup d'Etat en coup d'Etat from www.lemonde.fr Nigerian government spokesman abdurahaman zakaria said that the coup attempt was made on wednesday, march 31, in niger, it failed. Before the coup plotters were able to. At the time of the coup, gowon.