{"id":16100,"date":"2011-12-18T07:56:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T07:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/niger-opposition-demands-probe-into-protest-deaths\/"},"modified":"2011-12-18T07:56:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T07:56:53","slug":"niger-opposition-demands-probe-into-protest-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/18\/niger-opposition-demands-probe-into-protest-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger: Opposition Demands Probe Into Protest Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rnw180.png\" alt=\"Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" title=\"Visit Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>17 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>An opposition politician in Niger Saturday demanded an independent enquiry into how a high school student and a woman were killed during clashes between police and demonstrators early this month.<\/p>\n<p>Six top police chiefs have already been fired after the protests in the second city Zinder on December 6 and 7.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We demand (President Mahamadou Issoufou) launch an independent enquiry to find all those responsible for these heinous crimes,&#8221; former prime minister Seini Oumarou told a rally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The violent response &#8230; is unacceptable and inexcusable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But in a televised speech marking the 53rd anniversary of Niger&#8217;s declaration of independence from France, Issoufou said an investigation was already under way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will establish who was responsible and sanctions will be taken,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>At the protests, demonstrators had gathered around a court house where opposition politician Aboubacar Mahamadou was on trial for &#8220;preparing protest demonstrations&#8221; against Issoufou, who had come to Zinder to open an oil refinery.<\/p>\n<p>Oumarou heads the National Movement for the Development of Society, the party of former president Mamadou Tandja, who was ousted in a military coup in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Oumarou lost to Issoufou in a general election that saw the restoration of civilian rule in the uranium-rich desert country. &#8211; <em>ANP\/AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 17 December 2011 An opposition politician in Niger Saturday demanded an independent enquiry into how a high school student and a woman were killed during clashes between police and demonstrators early this month. 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