Niger opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou, who led criticism of constitutional changes which extend the president's stay in office, said he was charged Monday with committing financial crimes.

"I was charged... I explained to the investigating magistrate that the matter was not really about the misappropriation of funds but rather it was a political affair," said the politician who leads the main opposition party, Niger's Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS).

A young girl hangs on Lamine's* shoulder, whispers to him and lingers until he gently tells her to go back to playing with her friends.

"You see that?" Lamine says, throwing up his hands. "My daughter's hungry and I don't even have 1,000 Guinean francs (20 US cents) to give her."

Seated next to him in a matching plastic chair near an intersection in Guinea's capital Conakry is Georges*.

"What is particularly tough these days is providing enough food for the family," Georges says. "The maximum anyone is earning per month is 600,000 Guinean francs [US$123]. Imagine that. You buy rice, you pay your rent - an average of 150,000 Gf - you pay water and electricity. Each day [you need] 15,000 or 20,000 Gf to have at least a bit to eat. If you want to eat meat make that 30,000.

"We are constantly in debt. All Guineans are worried about how to keep their households going."

I am honored to take the floor. My name is Madame Khady Ndiaye Bèye, representative of Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (RADDHO).

Africa has been at the forefront of the adoption of the Declaration and Program of Action of Durban (DDPA) against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
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