ocr: The death of the military dictator President Seyni Kountché in 1987 opened the way for the pro- democracy protests of1990,ledby students and the trade unions. Amadou Cheiffou's interim goverment successfully contaned a rearguard action by the military in 1992 and ran multiparty elections in 1993. The winning CDs - and other parties have now forgeda. strong alliance (the AFC), but economic decline and a rebellion by the Tuaregsin the north are testing its permanence. President Mahamane Uusmane is the first Hausa to lead the country.
