Niger:   Issoufou Wins Vote in Next Step to Civilian Rule

RFI, 14 March 2011

Social Democratic Party leader Mahamadou Issoufou has won elections in Niger with 57.95 per cent of the vote. He says he intends to return Niger to civilian rule after a military… Read more »

Niger:   Soldiers Out, Civilians In As Nation Goes to Polls

UNIRIN, 11 March 2011

Even if Niger's 12 March elections pass off quietly and a new civilian administration is voted in as planned, the country can hardly say coup attempts, both successful and… Read more »

Niger:   Nation Transitions to Civilian Rule

UNDP, 28 January 2011

Niger will go to the polls on 31 January to choose a new president and parliament, completing a process of transition from military to civilian rule initiated in February 2009. Read more »

Niger:   UN, African Officials Call For Free and Fair Elections

UN News, 14 January 2011

Members of a joint United Nations-African delegation concluded their two-day visit to Niger today by calling for the holding of free and fair legislative and presidential elections… Read more »

West Africa:  Increasing Support to the Electoral Process in Niger

Ecowas, 14 January 2011

An ECOWAS-African Union-United Nations tripartite delegation concluded a two- day visit to Niger on the eve of the opening of the presidential campaign, which is due to start on… Read more »

West Africa:  Ecowas Observers Deployed to Supervise the 2011 Legistlative And Presidential Elections in Niger

Ecowas, 28 January 2011

At the request of the Government of the Republic of Niger and in accordance with the Additional Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, the President of the ECOWAS Commission,… Read more »

West Africa:  Ecowas Observers to Monitor the Second Round of the 2011 Presidential Election in Niger

Ecowas, 8 March 2011

Following the presidential and legislative elections of 31 January 2011 in Niger and in conformity with the Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, the President… Read more »