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Title:Niger: President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara Assassinated In Coup
Date:9th April 1999
Summary:President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was assassinated on April 9 in a coup d'etat apparently led my members of his own security detachment. Since his election in July 1996, Mainassara, a former army chief, has faced relentless pressure from a militant opposition spearheaded largely by leaders of the civilian government he overthrew in a coup earlier that year.
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Location:NIGER NIAMEY
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