{"id":874,"date":"2010-03-03T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delicious.com\/url\/545c61ba138737da2926fc0a6729e21c#tomathon"},"modified":"2010-03-03T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T19:01:11","slug":"niger-short-bio-of-a-new-minister-and-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-short-bio-of-a-new-minister-and-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger: Short bio of a new Minister and spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mahaman Laouali Dan Dah, who was appointed by the CSRD junta on Monday as Minister of Secondary Education, has also been appointed spokesman for the new provisional government.  Laouali Dan Dah is an interesting character: a gadfly under the Bare regime, he led the Magistrates union SAMAN (syndicat autonome des magistrats du Niger), and was nominated for the CENI electoral commission.  After the April 1999 coup he served as Justice Minister, and has since run his own law firm in Niamey. More generally, Laouali Dan Dah seems a representative &#8211; if particularly distinguished &#8211; member of the provisional government.  These are technocratic professionals who have a record of opposing the worst excesses of Nigerien regimes, but have no qualms about working with all other political poles of the society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahaman Laouali Dan Dah, who was appointed by the CSRD junta on Monday as Minister of Secondary Education, has also been appointed spokesman for the new provisional government.  Laouali Dan Dah is an interesting character: a gadfly under the Bare regime, he led the Magistrates union SAMAN (syndicat autonome des magistrats du Niger), and was nominated for the CENI electoral commission.  After the April 1999 coup he served as Justice Minister, and has since run his own law firm in Niamey. More generally, Laouali Dan Dah seems a representative &#8211; if particularly distinguished &#8211; member of the provisional government.  These are technocratic professionals who have a record of opposing the worst excesses of Nigerien regimes, but have no qualms about working with all other political poles of the society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-short-bio-of-a-new-minister-and-spokesman\/\">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":[249,288,318,319],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":852,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-first-provisional-government\/","url_meta":{"origin":874,"position":0},"title":"Niger: First provisional government","date":"March 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The CSRD Junta has named (1 March) a provisional government of 20 ministers. Apart form President Salou Djibo, there are five military men all from the highest levels, including Generals Mamadou Ousseini, Mai Manga Oumara, Abdou Kaza who were just below Tandja's Military Chief Boureima, and considered loyalists to that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":843,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/02\/niger-whos-under-arrest-mk-iv\/","url_meta":{"origin":874,"position":1},"title":"Niger: Who&#8217;s under arrest, Mk. IV","date":"February 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Liberation (Niamey) reports Col. Gukoye (the CSRD spokesman) listed out yesterday (24th) who the junta currently has under arrest apart from Tandja. And despite the statements previously that these people were released, they are \"under arrest\", not just under surveillance in their homes. They are (all \"former\"): PM Ali Badjo\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1334,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-junta-arrest-former-tandja-offical-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":874,"position":2},"title":"Niger: Junta arrest former Tandja offical","date":"March 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Kassoum Moctar, a Tandja loyalist plucked from obscurity to become Minister of Communications and spokesman during 2009's 6th Republic, was arrested in Niamey today. Apparently he is being held in connection with his continuing public demands tha...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Afrique&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":855,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/03\/niger-junta-names-new-military-joint-chiefs\/","url_meta":{"origin":874,"position":3},"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":712,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/02\/niger-is-2010-just-1999-backwards\/","url_meta":{"origin":874,"position":4},"title":"Niger: Is 2010 just 1999 backwards?","date":"February 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The new military Junta in Niger has released their first real vision of their promised return to democracy. Niger's expectations, a redux of recent history, are being played to by the soldiers.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":848,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/02\/niger-junta-names-prime-minister-brings-in-men-from-saibou-era\/","url_meta":{"origin":874,"position":5},"title":"Niger: Junta names Prime Minister, brings in men from Saibou era.","date":"February 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Following the Monday night communique outlining the transitional authority of the CSRD, The junta President Salou Djibo has named as Prime Minister Mahmadou Danda, the former interim Communications Minister during the 1999 junta's interim rule. Danda has served the government since the 80s, and most recently as Sport Minister in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mYFK-e6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}