Niger presidential candidate Hama Amadou denied bail


Niger's Court of Appeals says former Speaker of the country's Parliament, Hama Amadou, will not be released from prison to campaign for elections. 

Amadou was arrested in November last year for baby-trafficking charges after fleeing to France for a year. 

He filed for provisional release to run in the elections but Judge Ibrahim Harouna denied the appeal yesterday. 

Mr Amadou says the accusations against him are politically motivated.


BBC