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| A staff member of the polling station shows the portraits of candidates during the first round of the country's presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Niamey on February 21, 2016 ©Issouf Sanogo (AFP) |
Counting began in Niger's
presidential poll Sunday in an election that has seen incumbent Mahamadou
Issoufou promise a first-round "knockout" blow to his opponents, who
are already crying foul after a tense campaign.
