Author: Aboubacar B. Kossomi | Journal of Democracy

Aboubacar B. Kossomi is political assistant at the U.S. Embassy in Niger. The views expressed in this article are the authors’ own and should not be taken as an expression of U.S. government policy.

July 2001, Volume 12, Issue 3

Francophone Africa in Flux: Niger Gets Back on Track

John Uniack Davis
Aboubacar B. Kossomi

After a failed democratic experiment in 1993-96 and two military coups, Niger successfully held free and fair elections in 1999. The next couple of years will be crucial to the long-term survival of democracy.