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Issoufou resigned on 28 September rather than accept this. The PNDS was unwilling to put forward another candidate to take Issoufou's place and withdrew from the AFC, thereby depriving the AFC of its parliamentary majority. The PNDS then formed an alliance with the opposition MNSD despite its history of hostility toward that party; Adji Kirgam and Mazou Ibrahim, two PNDS leaders who opposed this alliance, were expelled from the party. In the process the small PPN-RDA crossed over to the opposition as well. In the February 1995 elections which Ousmane called to form a new house, the MNSD took parliament and the Prime Minister's post, with the AFC winning only 40 of the 83 seats, and leading to a period of rancorous cohabitation with President Mahamane Ousmane.
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But the AFC's fragile coalition, in no small measure based on simple desire to keep the MNSD out, soon teetered. In 1994, Prime
Minister Issoufou and his PNDS broke from the coalition. In a 21 September 1994 decree, Ousmane had strengthened his powers at the expense of those of the prime minister,
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The AFC was formed following the end of military rule in the 1991-1993 transition period. It consisted of nine parties, although one left the coalition in 1994. The AFC based its broad stance on opposition to the
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since independence. As well, one traditional Djerma leader, Moumouni Adamou
Djermakoye, lost out of a role in the leadership of the MNSD, and brought his
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January 1996 military coup by
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479:) was one of the two large political coalitions which contested for power in
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496:(MNSD-Nassara), the political coalition set up by former ruler General
679:"The rise to power of an opposition party: the MNSD in Niger Republic"
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Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration
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Nigerien
Democratic Movement for an African Federation
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Nigerien
Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally
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645:Union of Popular Forces for Democracy and Progress
552:elections, the AFC took 50 of 83 seats in the new
494:National Movement for a Developing Society-Nassara
195:National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland
848:Alliance of Movements for the Emergence of Niger
796:National Movement for the Society of Development
621:Niger Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally
1003:Union of Nigerien Independents and Sympathisers
681:, Unisa Press, Politeia, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1996.
639:Union for Democratic Patriots and Progressives
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677:Jibrin Ibrahim and Abdoulayi Niandou Souley,
627:Union for Democracy and Social Progress-Amana
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942:Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots
836:Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress
615:Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress
514:Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress
1047:Defunct political party alliances in Niger
784:Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
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633:Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger
609:Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
534:Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
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651:Republican Party for Liberty and Progress
504:, that previous regimes had favoured the
927:Party for National Unity and Development
937:Union for Democracy and Social Progress
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524:The largest powers in the AFC were the
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884:Union for Democracy and the Republic
907:Movement for Democracy and Progress
802:Patriotic Movement for the Republic
516:(ANDP-Zaman Lahiya) into the AFC.
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617:-Zaman Lahiya (ANDP-Zaman Lahiya)
611:-Tarayya (PNDS-Tarayya) 1991-1994
473:Alliance des forces du changement
27:Alliance des forces du changement
860:Rally for Democracy and Progress
830:Democratic and Social Convention
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603:Democratic and Social Convention
536:-Tarayya (PNDS-Tarayya), led by
526:Democratic and Social Convention
465:Alliance of the Forces of Change
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24:Alliance of the Forces of Change
866:Alliance for Democratic Renewal
703:"Niger: A major step backwards"
947:Union of Independent Nigeriens
922:Party of the Masses for Labour
917:Nigerien Self-Management Party
585:End of the Third Republic 1996
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890:Democratic Alliance for Niger
693:, African Elections Database.
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872:Rally for Peace and Progress
597:Parties of the AFC 1991-1996
16:Political party in Niger
824:Nigerien Patriotic Movement
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993:Rally of Nigerien Patriots
983:Party for People's Dignity
978:Nigerien Progressive Union
763:Political parties in Niger
1021:List of political parties
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973:Nigerien Democratic Front
854:Congress for the Republic
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286:Administrative divisions
878:Social Democratic Party
842:Social Democratic Rally
641:-Chamoua (UPDP-Chamoua)
591:Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
99:Political position
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647:-Sawaba (UDFP-Sawaba)
205:Abdourahamane Tchiani
968:Nigerien Action Bloc
605:-Rahama (CDS-Rahama)
576:Fracturing 1994-1995
623:(PPN-RDA) 1991-1994
483:from 1991 to 1996.
378:Bakary Yaou Sangaré
900:Extraparliamentary
708:2007-09-05 at the
691:Elections in Niger
566:Mahamadou Issoufou
544:In power 1993-1994
538:Mahamadou Issoufou
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365:Foreign relations
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322:Recent elections
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84:UPDP-Chamoua
72:(until 1994)
61:(until 1994)
58:PNDS-Tarayya
808:RDR-Tchanji
410:Visa policy
350:Politicians
298:Departments
260:(dissolved)
164:(suspended)
88:UDFP-Sawaba
80:PSDN-Alheri
1041:Categories
658:References
532:, and the
498:Ali Saibou
376:Minister:
189:Government
76:UDPS-Amana
54:CDS-Rahama
562:President
560:, became
502:Hausaland
487:Formation
328:General:
316:Elections
277:Judiciary
266:President
243:Ministers
200:President
124:Elections
104:Catch-all
42:Dissolved
706:Archived
400:Passport
392:in Niger
303:Communes
956:Defunct
568:became
548:In the
510:Songhai
335:2020–21
293:Regions
238:Cabinet
175:Slavery
69:PPN-RDA
34:Founded
932:Sawaba
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469:French
481:Niger
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