Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Niger Declares June 19 Census Start A Public Holiday

Sources: African Press Agency (Niamey) and Niger public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Niger has declared Thursday, June 19, 2008, a one-off public holiday throughout the country, to mark the a national census to update the electoral roll in the country’s 265 communes, ahead of the 2009 general polls, whose date remains to be announced, but will probably be in November.