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Mon 02 Feb 2010Niger junta pledges constitution
Niger's military junta is "eager" to return the country to civilian rule, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the executive-secretary of the Economic Community of West African States, has said.
Mr Chambas visited the West African nation to meet the leaders of a junta that took power on February 18th after they ousted President Mamadou Tandja and dissolved his government and the constitution. The remarks by Chambas, whose organisation groups 15 states, were broadcast today on SAFM, a Johannesburg-based broadcaster.
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