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Niger’s former prime minister Hama Amadou, known as “the Phoenix” for his talent for political comebacks, has died in Niamey aged 74, his family announced on Thursday. Newspaper L’Enqueteur said the “giant of Nigerien politics” had died overnight on Wednesday to Thursday after contracting malaria. Tributes poured in on social media for Amadou…
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Niger’s ex-prime minister Hama Amadou dies aged 74
Niger’s former prime minister Hama Amadou, known as “the Phoenix” for his talent for political comebacks, has died in Niamey aged 74, his family announced on Thursday. Newspaper L’Enqueteur said the “giant of Nigerien politics” had died overnight on Wednesday to Thursday after contracting malaria. Tributes poured in on social media for Amadou…