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The interim authorities said Mohamed Bazoum and his family planned to reach a waiting vehicle to take him to the outskirts of the capital Niamey, from where they would have been flown to Nigeria aboard "two helicopters belonging to a foreign power."
French president Emmanuel Macron said he would only take action at the demand of deposed Nigerien leader Mohamed Bazoum.
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Soldiers in Niger announced a coup on national TV, adding that President Mohamed Bazoum was being held hostage with his wife at his residence in the capital Niamey after negotiations with the head of the presidential guard stalled.Soldiers from ...
The President of the West African nation of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, has been removed from power, claimed a group of soldiers in a video released on national TV. The men, reportedly the members of the presidential guard, said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation's borders.