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The military junta in Niger has appointed a technical commission to draw up a new constitution, a media source in Niger confirmed to IRIN. The committee has until May 17 to complete its work, which also includes drafting an electoral code and a charter governing political parties, said the source, confirming an earlier report by AFP. The country's latest constitution, promulgated in 1996, was scrapped on 11 April, two days after a military coup in which then president Ibrahim Barre Mainassara was killed. Since then, Niger has been ruled by a 14-member Conseil de reconciliation nationale headed by Commander Daouda Mallam Wanke.

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