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Niger’s Independent National Electoral Commission (Ceni) has been busy compiling the results of Sunday’s presidential and legislative elections which passed off peacefully.
As millions of Nigeriens went to the polls on Sunday to elect a president, the African Press Agency gives a brief overview of the main rivals of Mohamed Bazoum, the man tipped to succeed Mahamadou Issoufou who has exhausted his two five-year terms and cannot run for office again.
Mohamed Bazoum, the ruling party candidate and frontrunner in Niger’s December 27 presidential elections has been telling APAnews how his rivals have lost the plot to beat him at the polls.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Mohamed Ibn Chambas has welcomed the signing by stakeholders of a joint declaration for the successful holding of presidential, legislative and local elections in Niger on December 27, 2020.
French technician, Jean-Michel Cavalli has been officially named as the new coach for Niger’s national football team, taking over from his compatriot Jean-Guy Wallemme.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) aims to reinvent itself in the light of the multiple challenges it faces.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs “formally” advised against all travel to Niger, “with the exception of the capital Niamey which is not recommended unless there is an imperative reason.”
French President Emmanuel Macron, on Tuesday, announced that the security of his compatriots would be reinforced in the Sahel, two days after the death of six of French citizens in Niger.
Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 health crisis, Bolloré Logistics is extending until 31 July 2020 the Wara Air Service, its special weekly cargo freight service between Europe and West Africa.
The Board of Directors of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) has approved a 196.6 billion CFA francs support (about US$ 314.560 million) to member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) as part of the fight against COVID-19.