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African Elections Project(AEP) to cover Niger second run Elections

African Elections Project (AEP)  http://www.africanelections.org/niger , your authoritative elections information and news services is covering Niger Elections 2 nd   round slated to take place on Saturday the 12 th   of March 2011 between the former   Prime Minister Seini Oumarou(MNSD-Nassa ) and   long-term opposition figure Mahamadou Issoufou(PNDS-Taray) The Niger 1 st   round general elections, took place on  Monday 31 st  January 2011 to elect a president out of 10 candidates and 113 members of parliament. The final results indicated that, none of the 10 candidates who aspired to be president got more than the 50% required thereby necessitating a second round to take place.  According to Gerard Guedegbe, who is leading a team of reporters to cover this elections said "African Elections Project is set to provide timely  and relevant elections information and knowledge while undertaking covering specific and important aspects of governance working hand with c