{"id":1334,"date":"2010-03-16T08:58:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T13:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/url\/3e6118d27e07226046295bfc3641e4f1#tomathon"},"modified":"2013-10-16T20:23:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T01:23:26","slug":"niger-junta-arrest-former-tandja-offical-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-junta-arrest-former-tandja-offical-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger: Junta arrest former Tandja offical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kassoum Moctar, a Tandja loyalist plucked from obscurity to become Minister of Communications and spokesman during 2009&#039;s 6th Republic, was arrested in Niamey today.  Apparently he is being held in connection with his continuing public demands that Tandja be freed, and that supporters should pressure the government to this end.  Before anyone overly panics, the CSN junta of 1999 got a bit testy with dissent tied to the previous regime.  Not that arresting political opponents is acceptable, but it doesn&#039;t mark a major change in direction by the interim government, or a real risk to the transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kassoum Moctar, a Tandja loyalist plucked from obscurity to become Minister of Communications and spokesman during 2009&#039;s 6th Republic, was arrested in Niamey today.  Apparently he is being held in connection with his continuing public demands tha&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-junta-arrest-former-tandja-offical-2\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[75,107,66],"tags":[379,249,288,378,569,83],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1705,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-arrests-continue-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":1334,"position":0},"title":"Niger: Arrests continue","date":"March 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The arrests I noted earlier continued Monday, with at least 13 figures being held at the Gendarmerie, including top leaders who rallied to Tandja's 6th Republic in 2009: former PM and MNSD party leader Seini Oumarou, Mohamed Ben Omar and Moktar Kassoum...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Afrique&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":515,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2009\/12\/niger-republic-day-opens-danger-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":1334,"position":1},"title":"Niger: Republic Day opens Danger Week?","date":"December 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The December 18th anniversary of the Nigerien Republic begins a series of dates which may bring the political crisis to a boil, just as mediators think they've made a breakthrough.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":668,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/02\/niger-coup-against-tandja\/","url_meta":{"origin":1334,"position":2},"title":"Niger: Coup against Tandja","date":"February 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"After a day of confusion, President Tandja and his supporters are under arrest by the military. 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