US EditionNiger: Prime Minister Lamine Zeine Transfers Ministry of Economy and Finance to Laouali · Global Voices
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In Niger, a slight redevelopment of the government was announced on Monday 26 January 2026, by decree of Abdurahamane Tiani. Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine loses the portfolio of Economy and Finance, but retains the position of Prime Minister he has held since August 2023. The keys of the Ministry of Economy and Finance are now entrusted to Mame Lauali Abdou Rafa, who led the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) in Niger.
Officially technical, the withdrawal of the portfolio from the Economy to the Prime Minister actually reveals the magnitude of the financial crisis in Niger and the limits of the cumulation of powers since the coup.
A ministerial change was formalized on Monday 26 January 2026 in Niamey. The President of the Republic, General Abdourahamane Tiani, signed a decree on a "technical redevelopment" of the government. The main movement concerns a strategic portfolio: the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Following the appointment of Amadou Oury Bah to the post of Prime Minister, the President of the Republic, Mamadi Doumbouya, followed with another decree: the one fixing the architecture of the next government. A new team that wants to be more tightened and less plethorical than the previous one. According to the article Bah Oury Government: a team tightened up to 27 ministries appeared first on ledjely.
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