Niger allows parliament chief's arrest in baby-trafficking case

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Parliamentary leaders in Niger agreed on Wednesday to authorise the arrest of the lawmaking body's president, a key opposition leader in the West African state, on suspicions he was involved in a baby-trafficking network. "We have authorised the judicial authorities to question and arrest the deputy Hama Amadou," said Daouda Malam Barte, the vice president of the National Assembly.