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DAKAR (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday said it was concerned about reports in Ghana that hundreds of citizens seeking refuge from an insurgency in neighbouring Burkina Faso were being deported. Burkina Faso is one ...
NIAMEY -Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum took to social media on Thursday with a defiant vow to protect hard-won democratic gains a day after he was toppled in a military coup....
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power, according to a group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation's national television late on Wednesday, hours after the president was held in the presidential palace.
NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger presidential guards are holding President Mohamed Bazoum inside the presidential palace in the capital, which has been blocked off by military vehicles since Wednesday morning, security sources said. The movements have the semblance of four military takeovers that have hit neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso since 2020. Ministries next to the palace have also been blocked off, and staff inside the palace have not been able to access to their offices, presidency and security sources said.
By Moussa Aksar and Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) -Presidential guards were holding Niger President Mohamed Bazoum inside his palace in the capital