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  1. Niger Main Page
  2. Economic Fluctuations and Political Instability
  3. Multiparty Elections and Tribal Disputes
  4. Social Inequality, Political Upheaval, and Natural Disaster
  5. Constitutional Crisis
  6. Military Coup
Economic Fluctuations and Political Instability

During the 1970s, the country's economy flourished due to uranium production, but when uranium prices fell in the 1980s, its brief period of prosperity ended. The drought of 1968–1975 devastated the country. An estimated 2 million people were starving in Niger, but 200,000 tons of imported food—half U.S.-supplied— substantially ended famine conditions.

The 1974 army coup ousted President Hamani Diori, who had held office since 1960. The new president, Lt. Col. Seyni Kountché, chief of staff of the army, installed a 12-man military government. A predominantly civilian government was formed by Kountché in 1976.

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