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ECOWAS slams Niger
coup
Source: Africanews
February 19, 2010
 West
Africa's regional grouping, ECOWAS, has strongly
condemned Thursday's coup in Niger. Soldiers seized
power in the West African state on Thursday, dissolving
government and kidnapping President Mamadou Tandja.
The controversial leader caused a stir and raised
tension last year when he attempted to alter the
Constitution and allow himself more grip to power.
This lead to the suspension of Niger from ECOWAS after
Tandja extended his term by three years. The European
Union and the US also imposed sanctions following the
development.
Meanwhile, ECOWAS chairperson and Nigeria's acting
President Goodluck Jonathan, has stated in a news
statement that the regional grouping “condemned all acts
of ascension to power and remaining in power by
unconstitutional means”.
The United States said it was likely the coup was
related to Tandja's attempts to cling to power.
'President Tandja has been trying to extend his mandate
in office,' State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley
said. 'Obviously, that may well have been ... an act on
his behalf that precipitated this act today.'
He added that while the US does not condone the use of
violence, the coup highlighted the need for Niger to
move forward and hold elections.
Several international companies have uranium mining
operations in the West African nation.
The president, a former army officer, came to power in
1999 in the formerly coup-prone country, which has
undergone long periods of military rule since it broke
from France in 1960.
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