He led the Toubou-based Front Democratique Revolutionnaire, one of several rebel groups operating in the far north and east of Niger in the late 1990s.
In the late 1990s Lamine was "Head of External Affairs",[1] later overall leader, of the Toubou-based Front Democratique Revolutionnaire rebel movement active in the southern part of the Kaouar region.
[2][3] Following the 1999 coup and return to civilian rule, Lamine became political leader from his base in N'Gourti, and from 5 January 2000 served as Minister in a series of governments.
[8][9] Lamine opened a center for continuing education about the disease noma, which was funded by a non-governmental organization, in Niamey on 23 January 2009.
Lamine thus lost his parliamentary seat, but he was appointed as Special Adviser to the President of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, Salou Djibo, in March 2010; he was also given the rank of minister.