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Significance
Official campaigning may take place only 21 days before the elections. His tour comes against the backdrop of military procurement corruption revelations, a deteriorating regional security environment and the COVID-19 epidemic.
Impacts
Bazoum has been the president’s right-hand man and a trusted ally of Paris and Washington on security; they will want to see him elected.
As a member of the small Arab minority, Bazoum's election could cause ethnic shake-ups in Nigerien politics.
Competition for the presidency will heighten with the entry of army leader Salou Djibo, whose 2010 coup restored democracy.
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