Niger goes to the polls
Elections are only days away in Niger, a landlocked, impoverished country on the edge of the Sahara Desert. But it won’t be polling day for everyone.
The former French colony has a population of 19 million. However only the 7.5 million whose names appear on the electoral register will be able to cast their votes in the presidential and legislative poll on 21 February.
A boy walks past electoral campaign posters for presidential candidates.
Supporters of the ruling PNDS-Tarayya (the Nigerien Party for Socialism and Democracy) pose for a picture wearing party t-shirts.
A woman walks past electoral campaign posters for presidential candidate Seini Oumarou.
A supporter of incarcerated opposition candidate Hama Amadou sits in front of campaign posters for Amadou.
Abdou Razak, a supporter of incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou, wears pink clothes to show his support for Issoufou.
A man gets a haircut and a shave in front of a campaign poster of incarcerated opposition candidate Amadou.
Supporters of incumbent Issoufou wear party clothing.
A boy gets water to make tea.
A security officer sleeps with his gun beside him on the roof of the MDR-Tarna (Movement for Democratic Renewal) political party’s headquarters.
People are seen in a courtyard.
