An opposition demonstrator uses a slingshot to trow stones at police as opposition supporters protest after the announcement of the results of the country’s presidential run-off in Niamey, on February 24, 2021. Opposition leader Mahamane Ousmane on February 24 claimed he narrowly won Niger’s presidential elections, a day after official results said he lost by more than 11 percentage points.
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