Niger began voting in an election on Sunday in which President Mahamadou Issoufou is running for a second term with a promise to develop the economy, Reuters reported. He faces 14 candidates including Seyni Oumaru, leader of an opposition coalition. Polls opened at 8 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) but voting started slowly, with election officials laying out material at polling stations and a few people arriving to cast their ballots, witnesses said.
