";s:4:"text";s:2685:" Multiple news agencies reported that sources say Tandja was kidnapped by soldiers, but it is unclear if he is still inside the palace.Moussa Mounkaila, a palace chauffeur, told The Associated Press gunmen showed up at the palace just as a meeting of government ministers was taking place.Tandja angered opposition parties in May when he dissolved parliament over his plans to hold the referendum to extend his term.In June, he invoked extraordinary powers to rule the referendum take place, but a constitutional court overturned the referendum call as illegal.He later replaced the court with another whose members he chose, clearing the way for the referendum to take place in August.Niger has had three previous coups, but none since Tandja took power.The country has also gained notoriety in recent years for kidnappings in the lawless northern deserts.Two Canadians — UN special envoy Robert Fowler and his assistant Louis Guay — were held for four months by al-Qaeda militants after they were kidnapped on Dec. 14, 2008.Niger is ranked fifth from last on the UN's worldwide human development index and has an astounding 70 per cent illiteracy rate.It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered onA group of renegade armed soldiers stormed Niger's presidential palace Thursday afternoon in an apparent coup attempt in the West African country's capital of Niamey. The Consultative Council, another body established by the CSRD, then announced a proposed timetable for the transitional process on 23 April 2010. Goukoye also disclosed that six of Tandja's ministers, rather than three, were in detention, and that On 1 March 2010, an interim government of 20 ministers was appointed. The coup followed a year-long political crisis in Niger related to President Tandja's efforts to extend his mandate beyond December 2009, when his second term was originally scheduled to end.
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5. The assassination attempt was alleged to be planned for 16 July at an event marking the first 100 days of Issofou in office. Aso Villa (officially The Aso Rock Presidential Villa) is the workplace and official residence of the President of Nigeria since 1991, when Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja.It is located at Yakubu Gowon Crescent, The Three Arms Zone, Asokoro, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria.Several names that are used for Aso Villa include: State House, The Rock and The Villa.