Niger's incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou speaks to journalists after voting during the country's presidential and legislative elections in Niamey, Niger, February 21, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Penney ...

Niger's incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou speaks to journalists after voting during the country's presidential and legislative elections in Niamey, Niger, February 21, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Penney ...

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou shakes hands with government officials at the opening ceremony of a flyover road built by Chinese company GSCI in Niamey, September 17, 2013. Photo: Reuters Niamey ...

One year after the coup in Niger which took place on 26 July 2023, Ibrahim Prize Laureate and former President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou has, for the first time, explicitly condemned the coup, in a ...

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou won a second term with 92.5 percent of the vote in a run-off election that the opposition coalition chose to boycott, the electoral commission said on Tuesday.

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Voting has begun in the West African nation of Niger, where President Mahamadou Issoufou is touting his record of defending the country from Islamic extremists as he vies against ...

NIAMEY, Dec 23 (Reuters) - In a year marked by setbacks for West African democracy, Niger is poised to hold an election on Sunday that will lead to the country's first transition of power between two ...

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NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's ruling party chose President Mahamadou Issoufou on Saturday as its candidate at elections set for next February, when he is expected to win a second five-year term. Issoufou ...

Mahamadou Issoufou, a mining engineer and former prime minister of Niger, may win a presidential runoff tomorrow that will return the world’s sixth-biggest uranium producer to civilian rule after he ...

Mr Issoufou said the plotters planned to use "aerial firepower" to unseat him, in comments made on state TV. He was elected in 2011, bringing to an end years of military rule. Niger has seen several ...