Colonel Amadou Abdramane says Niger's borders are closed, a nationwide curfew declared, and all institutions of the republic are suspended.
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.
The soldiers warned against any foreign intervention, adding that they will respect Bazoum’s wellbeing. Niger is also a key ally of the European Union in the fight against irregular migration from sub-Saharan Africa. The United States says it has spent around $500 million since 2012 to help Niger boost its security. Germany announced in April that it would take part in a three-year European military mission aimed at improving the country’s military.
Frustrations over state failures to prevent violent attacks on towns and villages have partly spurred two coups in Mali and two in Burkina Faso since 2020. A junta also snatched power in Guinea in 2021, contributing to instability in a region that had begun to shed its reputation as a “coup belt”. The president of neighboring Benin, Patrice Talon, flew into Niger on Wednesday afternoon to assess the situation after meeting with Nigerian President and ECOWAS Chairman Bola Tinubu.
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