Donor Support: Agreement Between the Republic Niger Government and the ORA
Implementations
Donor Support – 1995
Niger’s economy is on the verge of collapse. Therefore, Niger makes an agreement with the World Bank and IMF to implement structural reform programs, which was designed to downsize the state’s involvement in the economic issues and promote privatization. For this project, Niger received a loan of 102 million dollars under the bank’s Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF).1 This loan, however, cannot be coded as donor support to the peace process. The roundtable of donors as agreed in the peace agreement did not take place.
Donor Support – 1996
No report of donor support to the peace process. After the military coup in 1996, Niger’s main aid donors, including the former colonial power, France, and the United States, suspended badly needed aid after the coup.1
- “World News Briefs; Niger’s Military Rulers Set Election Timetable,” The New York Times, February 13, 1996.
Donor Support – 1997
No report of donor support to the peace process.
Donor Support – 1998
No report of donor support to the peace process.
Donor Support – 1999
France, which was the major donor providing resources to implement the peace process suspended cooperation.
Donor Support – 2000
No report of donor support to the peace process.
Donor Support – 2001
Niger received US $695,000, from the UNV’s Special Voluntary Fund to train and support
660 former guerrillas in agricultural micro-projects so they could be self-reliant.1
In a separate report, it was reported that the France provided US $130,000 to Niger as part of its ongoing support for the reintegration into civilian life of former fighters who participated in an armed rebellion in the southeastern region of Diffa between 1994 and 1998.2
- “Niger; Ex-Fighters In Reintegration Programme,” Africa News, March 16, 2001.
- “Niger; France Supports Programme for Ex-Fighters,” Africa News, July 4, 2001.
Donor Support – 2002
No further information available except for the continuation of the UN and French support to reintegrate ex-combatants into society.
Donor Support – 2003
No further information available except for the continuation of the UN and French support to reintegrate ex-combatants into society.
Donor Support – 2004
No further information available except for the continuation of the UN and French support to reintegrate ex-combatants into society.
2005: UNDP/BCPR, France, Libya, Niger and the US provided financial support of $1.7 million to support the reintegration program for 2005 and 2006. In 2005, the government gave economic assistance to reintegrate the Tuareg rebel combatants into socio-economic life with $300 grants to each combatant in the form of micro-loans for projects in animal husbandry, the craft industry and vegetable gardening.1
- “Niger; Tuareg Ex-Combatants to Get Promised Assistance a Decade After Peace Accord,” Africa News, October 14, 2005;”Niger (PCPAA, 2006 — 2007),” School for a Culture of Peace, 2008, accessed August 1, 2010, http://escolapau.uab.cat/img/programas/desarme/mapa/niger08i.pdf.