ocr: Considerable tensions exist between the Iuaregs in the north and the southern groups. The Tuaregs' sense ofa alienation from mainstream Niger politics has increased since the 1973 - and1983 droughts. Their herds decimated, many Iuaregs were forced away from their nomadic way oflife to the towns.Northemn Tuaregs respondedto these pressures by mounting a low-key revolt. Amore subtle antagonism exists between the Djerma and Hausa sroups. Until recently, the Djerma elite from the southwest dominatedpolitics in Niger. Since 1993,however, control has passed to the Hausa majority. Niger is essentiall ...
