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The Coup Leader Assassinated by His Own Guard
On April 9, 1999, in Niamey, Niger's President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara fell to gunfire from members of his own presidential guard. The irony was stark: Mainassara himself had seized power through a coup, only to become a...
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Niger's President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara is assassinated in Niamey, Niger.