In an interview with France 24 in Niamey, Nigerian President Mahamadou Issoufou reiterates that he does not intend to run in a third term in the December presidential election. “The election will be free and open,” he promises, stressing the importance of having “strong democratic institutions.”
A few days after the release of four hostages in Mali, including Sophie Pétronin, he reacted to the compromise found for these releases and insisted on the difficulty of this type of negotiation.
As for the attack on Kouré last August, Mahamadou Issoufou undertakes to do everything possible to find the killers and bring them to justice, as well as to strengthen the protection of humanitarian workers in his country.
