NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's junta said Saturday's election of a civilian leader could serve as a model for democracy across Africa, as voters turned out for a run-off between two presidential rivals.
The poll comes a year after soldiers ousted ex-president Mamadou Tandja for outstaying his term in office in the West African uranium-producing state, which hopes to turn the page on decades of coups and corrupt leadership.
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