尼日尔反对派领袖赢得选举胜利

时间：2011-03-15 05:47:11

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Niger opposition¹ leader Mahamadou Issoufou won Saturday's presidential run-off with nearly 58% of the vote, the election commission has announced.

尼日尔选举委员会宣布，反对党领袖Mahamadou Issoufou在上周六的总统选举中以58%的得票率胜出。

It was third time lucky for Niger opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou
Mr Issoufou had been defeated in two previous polls by former President Mamadou Tandja, who was ousted² by the military a year ago.

The presidential candidate for Mr Tandja's MNSD party, ex-premier Seini Oumarou, received about 42% of ballots⁴.

The election is intended to return Niger to civilian⁵ rule.

Social Democratic Party leader Mr Issoufou, 59, was the favourite going into the run-off, having led the first round of voting in January.

'Example to Africa'

The army, which has pledged to step down by April, said before the ballot³ that it was not backing either candidate.

Mr Tandja spent 10 years in power before being overthrown⁶（推翻，打倒） in a military coup⁷ in February last year when he tried to overstay his legal term limit.

The former president is currently in prison facing charges of corruption⁸.

General Salou Djibo, who has led the junta⁹ since its largely popular coup, hailed Saturday's peaceful vote as an example to the rest of Africa.

Turnout was about 48%.

Niger, a largely desert nation in West Africa, has reserves of uranium and has attracted billions of dollars of investment.

It remains¹⁰ one of the world's poorest nations, and has witnessed a number of coups¹¹ since independence from France in 1960.

Al-Qaeda has been blamed for a spate（洪水，一阵） of kidnappings and killings¹³ of Westerners in the region in recent years.

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1 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 ousted
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )；革职；罢黜；剥夺
参考例句：
He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。 He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

3 ballot
n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票
参考例句：
The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。 The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

4 ballots
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。来自《简明英汉词典》 The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 civilian
adj.平民的，民用的，民众的
参考例句：
There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。 He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

6 overthrown
adj. 打翻的，推倒的，倾覆的动词overthrow的过去分词
参考例句：
The president was overthrown in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被赶下台。 He has overthrown the basic standards of morality. 他已摒弃了基本的道德标准。

7 coup
n.政变；突然而成功的行动
参考例句：
The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。 That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

8 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。 The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

9 junta
n.团体；政务审议会
参考例句：
The junta reacted violently to the perceived threat to its authority.军政府感到自身权力受威胁而进行了激烈反击。 A military junta took control of the country.一个军政权控制了国家。

10 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

11 coups
n.意外而成功的行动( coup的名词复数 )；政变；努力办到难办的事
参考例句：
China has seen many political coups within the ruling class. 中国统治阶级内部发生过很多政变。来自互联网 Thailand has had eighteen coups or coup attendance since nineteen thirty-two. 泰国1932年以来有18次政变或参加政变。来自互联网

12 spate
n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵
参考例句：
Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。 Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

13 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 )；突然发大财，暴发
参考例句：
His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。 The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。