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Responses were mixed in Niger to union leaders' call for a 24-hour work stoppage on 1 July to protest a planned constitutional referendum to allow President Mamadou Tandja to remain in power.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern about Niger's continuing political and constitutional crisis, warning that it threatens to destabilize the country and undermine recent progress towards democratic governance and the rule of law.
President Mamadou Tandja has undermined Niger's efforts over the last 10 years to advance good governance and the rule of law, President Barack Obama's spokesman said on Thursday.
Amid mounting international opposition to a proposed referendum for President Mamadou Tandja to stay in power, the European Commission - one of Niger's largest donors - has warned of aid cuts if leaders do not respect constitutional order.
In Honduras, a country of about 8 million people in the long isthmus that connects North and South America, President Manuel Zelaya attempted to amend the constitution by means of a referendum in order to extend his term of office. Many in his party and government did not agree with him and so did the armed forces whose commander was thereby dismissed by the President.
The unrest in the Nigeria's oil-affluent Niger Delta region on Tuesday forced the world to pay higher for a barrel of oil as the commodity price skyrocketed above $73 per barrels before the end of the day's transaction.
On May 26, President Mamadou Tandja of Niger Republic dissolved the country's parliament after the country's constitutional court ruled against plans to hold a referendum on whether to allow him a third term in office.
Niger's national bar association has warned that the ruling party's proposed constitutional referendum to allow President Mamadou Tandja to stay on beyond the 10-year limit - deemed unlawful by the country's highest court - amounts to an illegal takeover of power.
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