This week’s military coup in Niger threatens to disrupt the entire U.S. strategy for fighting Islamist militants as they expand across western Africa
A group of military officers in the West African country of Niger said Wednesday they had seized power and removed the country’s elected President Mohamed Bazoum.
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Niger’s presidential guard surrounds leader’s home in what African organizations call a coup attemptMembers of Niger’s presidential guard surrounded the presidential palace Wednesday in what African organizations called an attempted coup against the country’s elected leader. The U.S. said the rebelling soldiers had detained President Mohamed Bazoum.
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