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NIGER: Election Campaign

NIGER: Election Campaign This is a major step towards a return to civilian rule. Campaigning kicked off on January 16th in Niger’s presidential election set for January 31st as 10 candidates vied to lead the west African nation back to civilian rule following a coup in 2010. A decree opening the official campaign period from the country’s current military rule, General Salou Djibo , was read on public radio. No member of the ruling junta will run for the presidency. On the same day, Niger’s former president Mamadou Tandja , who was toppled in the February 2010 coup, was moved from house arrest to a prison after being charged, sources to close to him said, without specifying the nature of the charges. Tandja was ousted by the military as he made moves to cling to power after the end of his second five‐year mandate as leader of the uranium‐rich nation. In a speech on January 15th, Djibo urged the candidates to maintain “fair‐play” and warned against contesting the results in a way that could lead to a stand‐off like the one currently in Côte d’Ivoire. Of the four main candidates in the race, three are members of the coalition of parties http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2011
ISSN
0001-9844
eISSN
1467-825X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-825X.2011.03668.x
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Abstract

This is a major step towards a return to civilian rule. Campaigning kicked off on January 16th in Niger’s presidential election set for January 31st as 10 candidates vied to lead the west African nation back to civilian rule following a coup in 2010. A decree opening the official campaign period from the country’s current military rule, General Salou Djibo , was read on public radio. No member of the ruling junta will run for the presidency. On the same day, Niger’s former president Mamadou Tandja , who was toppled in the February 2010 coup, was moved from house arrest to a prison after being charged, sources to close to him said, without specifying the nature of the charges. Tandja was ousted by the military as he made moves to cling to power after the end of his second five‐year mandate as leader of the uranium‐rich nation. In a speech on January 15th, Djibo urged the candidates to maintain “fair‐play” and warned against contesting the results in a way that could lead to a stand‐off like the one currently in Côte d’Ivoire. Of the four main candidates in the race, three are members of the coalition of parties

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesWiley

Published: Feb 1, 2011

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