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El presidente de Níger es galardonado con el Premio Ibrahim por su
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Internet Connectivity Restored In Niger After Post-Election Blackout
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Thu Mar 04 2021
The first round of the presidential election in Niger Republic went peacefully and it was hailed worldwide. It was generally believed that the election was free and fair because the president of the republic, Mahamdou Issoufou, and the electoral commission were impartial. Mohamed Bazoum led in the first round of the election with 39.33% of the vote, which more than double the votes scored by his main challenger, former president Mohamane Ousmane who got 16.99%.
Since neither candidate obtained an absolute majority, the election went for a second round on February 21. Mr. Bazoum, former interior minister and candidate of the ruling party, won the rerun with 55.75% of the votes, while the opposition candidate Mohamane Ousmane got 44.25%. It is generally believed that the gap between the two narrowed because Hama Amadou, a former prime minister who was barred from running in the election, threw his support behind the opposition candidate, Ousmane. Amadou was excluded b
February 2021
Criminal groups abducted hundreds in north west, while ethnic and regional tensions ran high in south amid farmer-herder conflict; meanwhile, tensions rose in south east between govt and Biafra secessionists. Criminal groups in Feb reportedly killed at least 112 and kidnapped over 450 people, mostly in Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara states (north west), but also in Niger state (Middle Belt). Notably, armed group 17 Feb abducted 42 students and school personnel in Niger state, released them 27 Feb; 26 Feb kidnapped 279 girls in Zamfara state. Meanwhile, Auwalun Daudawa, who masterminded Dec 2020 abduction of 344 students in Katsina state, 8 Feb laid down arms along with five of his troops. Amid rise in herder-farmer and intercommunal violence in south since Jan, clashes between ethnic Hausa and Fulani on one hand, and ethnic Yoruba on the other, early Feb killed two dozen people in Oyo state capital Ibadan (south west). Nobel laureate in literature Wole Soyinka 6 F