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Niger


2009 Peace talks witht he Tuareg rebel groups in north Niger are held by the President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou

1989 French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die

1976 Failed coup in Niger

1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win

1974 Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed

1973 Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel

1973 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)

1972 Joseph A Walkers "River Niger," premieres in New York City

1960 Niger gains independence from France

1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence

1958 Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day)

1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37

1898 France signs Niger Convention

1895 King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed

1894 Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger

1891 Captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan

1886 George Goldie gets charter for Royal Niger Company

1883 Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako Niger

1883 French Lt-colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger

1882 British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger

1882 British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger

1804 Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River


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