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Seven cleared for presidential race

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    Niger's State Court, equivalent to a constitutional court, has cleared seven candidates to run in presidential elections expected to end military rule in the landlocked West African country at the start of next year, according to news reports.

    The candidates include the former secretary-general of the Islamic Conference Organisation, Hamid Algabid, and ex-president Mahamane Ousmane (1993-1996).

    Algabid will be running on the ticket of the Rassemblement pour la democratie et le progres (RDP) and Ousmane is backed by his Convention democratique et sociale (CDS).

    Campaigning is due to begin on 26 September and close on 15 October. Parliamentary elections and -if needed- the second round of the presidential poll will take place on 24 November.

    Under this timetable, fashioned by the military junta that has ruled Niger since assassinating then president Ibrahim Bare Mainassara in April, a democratic government will be installed on 1 January 2000.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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