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Voters in Niger cast ballots in the country’s first-ever presidential run-off Sunday, with incumbent Mahamadou Issoufou on track for a second term.
The election pits 64-year-old Issoufou against jailed opposition leader Hama Amadou.
Polling stations opened at 8:00am local time with 7.5 million people eligible to vote in an election which the opposition opted to boycott.
The run-up to the first-round vote was marred by violence between supporters of the rival camps, the arrest of several leading political personalities and the government’s announcement that it had foiled a coup bid.
However the run-off though poorly attended in some parts was reason for much joy for the voters.
