Mahamane Ousmane is overthrown

Updated: 27 Jan 2020

Mahamane Ousmane, presidential candidate 20 years after being overthrown, photographer unknown

Niger's first democratically elected president, Mahamane Ousmane, was toppled in a military coup d'etat and put under arrest in the presidential palace. Coup leader Col Barre Mainassara Ibrahim issued a statement on the state-run radio station that Ousmane was under arrest, the constitution suspended, and that the temporary national council of which he was the head of would be in charge of the government.

How we know this

01AP, (1996), Niger's Elected President Ousted in Military Coup, from The New York Times, 28 January, [online], Available at www.nytimes.com [Accessed: 08 January 2014]
02mediahex, Mahamane Ousmane, from mediahex, [online], Available at www.mediahex.com [Accessed: 08 January 2014]

Last updated · 27 Jan 2020

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Mahamane Ousmane is overthrown. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013237

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