Coup in Niger. It is time for another round of musical chairs.
ABUJA, Nigeria — A day after soldiers in Niger overthrew President Mamadou Tandja, the military junta on Friday identified its chief as Squadron Leader Salou Djibo and said civil servants would run ministries and regions until a new government was formed, news reports said.
Reuters reported from Niamey, the capital of the landlocked, uranium-producing country in West Africa, that the city was calm Friday following a military assault on the presidential palace where the government was meeting the day before. Other reports said the presidential palace was under heavy guard Friday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/world/africa/20niger.html?ref=world
