{"id":853,"date":"2010-03-02T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delicious.com\/url\/5fe6163d2d6fd4739ac00df088ffa750#tomathon"},"modified":"2010-03-02T13:57:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T18:57:06","slug":"niger-other-appointments-for-military-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-other-appointments-for-military-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger: Other appointments for military titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#039;ve argued that continuity and inclusiveness is the watchword of the new CSRD junta in Niger.  Some additional appointments announced today underscore this.  Disgraced Tandja Military chief and co-conspirator General Moumouni Boure\u00efma&#039;s aide Col Abdou Sidikou Issa is one of the main field commanders to rise from the 99 coup.  He was Prefect of Maradi in 99, chief of the Zinder Defence Zone at the beginning of the recent Tuareg conflict, and moved in the highest army circles.  He&#039;s now been named as the head of the FNIS the paramilitary force of the Interior Ministry, which also runs the Presidential Guard.  G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Brigade Seyni Garba, one of the four Joint Chief generals thought loyal to Tandja and Boureima (along with Mai Manga Oumara, Abdou Kaza, and Mamadou Ousseini, now all Ministers) is Inspector General of the Gendarmerie.  Pele Hima Hamadou, presumed Junta no. 2, is made Counselor to the President with Rank of Minister: so technically that&#039;s six officers now ministers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;ve argued that continuity and inclusiveness is the watchword of the new CSRD junta in Niger.  Some additional appointments announced today underscore this.  Disgraced Tandja Military chief and co-conspirator General Moumouni Boure\u00efma&#39;s aide Col Abdou Sidikou Issa is one of the main field commanders to rise from the 99 coup.  He was Prefect of Maradi in 99, chief of the Zinder Defence Zone at the beginning of the recent Tuareg conflict, and moved in the highest army circles.  He&#39;s now been named as the head of the FNIS the paramilitary force of the Interior Ministry, which also runs the Presidential Guard.  G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Brigade Seyni Garba, one of the four Joint Chief generals thought loyal to Tandja and Boureima (along with Mai Manga Oumara, Abdou Kaza, and Mamadou Ousseini, now all Ministers) is Inspector General of the Gendarmerie.  Pele Hima Hamadou, presumed Junta no. 2, is made Counselor to the President with Rank of Minister: so technically that&#39;s six officers now ministers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-other-appointments-for-military-titans\/\">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":[107,66],"tags":[293,296,249,285,292,291,294,295,83],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":855,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-junta-names-new-military-joint-chiefs\/","url_meta":{"origin":853,"position":0},"title":"Niger: Junta names new military joint chiefs","date":"March 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"While Monday's announcement kicked three long standing generals up to provisional ministers, the junta in Niger has named the new joint chiefs, with continuity to the fore (again). Those how moved up to ministerial positions were replaced by their adjutants. Air Corps General Souleymane (Seyni) Salou, one of the four\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":854,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-junta-appeals-to-authority\/","url_meta":{"origin":853,"position":1},"title":"Niger: Junta appeals to authority","date":"March 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Like many nations, Nigeriens make a distinction between \"political\" figures and \"National\" figures. Of course this distinction is artificial and changeable: deposed President Tandja tried to position himself as \"above\" politics, as a justification for taking dictatorial powers, and see where that got him. 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