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3 July 2009
The United Nations added its voice on Thursday to growing international criticism of actions taken by Niger’s President Mamadou Tandja to extend his rule in the uranium mining West African country.
"The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the ongoing political and constitutional crisis in Niger, which threatens to destabilize the country and undermine the progress made in recent years to consolidate democratic governance and the rule of law," a spokesman for Ban Ki-moon said in a (...)