President set to win run-off

NIAMEY: Niger voted in a presidential run-off which incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou is favoured to win after his jailed opponent was flown out of the country for medical reasons and an opposition coalition called for a boycott.

Issoufou, an ally of the West in its fight against Islamist insurgents, won the first round comfortably last month with 48 percent of votes but failed to clinch the outright majority required to avoid a second round.