The 2006 Abdou Moumouni University protests were student protests which took place during June 2006 in Niamey

Niamey

-Population:While Niamey's population has grown steadily since independence, the droughts of the early 1970s and 1980s, along with the economic crisis of the early 1980s, have propelled an exodus of rural inhabitants to Niger's largest city...

, Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

 over the non-payment of grants to students at the university. The protests temporarily shut down Abdou Moumouni University, the only public university

Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...

in the country. Students set ten cars on fire and police fired tear gas at the student protesters. Less than 200 of the 7,000 students remained on campus on 2 June following an evacuation order by the government.