Niger 2010: Lessons in African Governance

Intend­ed Audi­ence: Stu­dents of African pol­i­tics ***Open book study: 1 hour. Please see ques­tions at end of the page. You are wel­come to sup­ple­ment your read­ing with mate­r­i­al out­side of the text book. What recent­ly hap­pened in Niger and what are the con­se­quences: The rever­ber­a­tions of a “soft coup” which occurred in the ura­ni­um rich nation of…