Niamey

Reports from Niger Tuesday said the military vehicles were heading towards the capital, Niamey, after moving into Niger late Monday.

The hostages, one of whom is believed to have been an aid worker, were taken at gunpoint from a restaurant in Niamey on Friday evening.

The late Libyan leader backed, then helped negotiate the end of, Tuareg rebellions against the governments in Niamey and Bamako.

The lions of Niamey are going up in the world .

WHEN soldiers seized power last week in Niger, thousands took to the streets of Niamey, the dusty capital, to celebrate.

the mnc ' s contacts in europe or underground in the capital , niamey , then inform the world via the group ' s website.

Mr Amadou said it was possible that al-Saadi Gaddafi would arrive in the capital Niamey on Monday.

In the past three years, as China embarked on its new thrust into Africa, relations between Niamey and Paris plunged.

Gadhafi's son Saadi is now under a kind of house arrest in the capital, Niamey.

Niamey's landmark country stadium is China constructs.

At the edge of Niamey, the capital, mud-brick compounds are full offood refugees from the north.

Mud-brick compounds at the edge of Niamey are filled withfood refugees from the north.

A government minister said that Mr. Fowler had disappeared 40 kilometers from the capital, Niamey.

Niamey is the capital and the largest city.

Thousands came anyway, ignoring orders from the capital, Niamey, some 1, 000km (620 miles) away.

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