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EU to help finance elections

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    The European Union has offered Niger 808,000 euros (US $ 840,000 dollars) to help pay for upcoming presidential elections, AFP reported the national independent electoral commission as saying on Thursday.

    The EU suspended aid to Niger after the assassination on 9 April of President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, but said that it would lift the ban after the new junta completed an investigation into the late president's death.

    The electoral commission's president, Issaka Souna, reportedly said that the commission needed about 1.5 million dollars for the poll, the first round of which is scheduled for 17 October.

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