Soldiers in Niger stage coup against President Mohamed Bazoum
NIAMEY, Niger – A group of soldiers in the West African country of Niger has claimed to have overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum.
The soldiers said they had taken control of the country’s borders and imposed a nationwide curfew.
They also said they had suspended all institutions of government.
Appearing on the local TV Colonel Amadou Abdramane, flanked by nine other military officers said the security forces “put an end to the regime that you know due to the deteriorating security situation and bad governance.”
The announcement came after members of the presidential guard arrested Bazoum at his official residence.
The U.S., the U.N., and the African Union have condemned the coup.
The coup is the seventh in the West and Central Africa region since 2020.
Niger is a key ally of Western powers in the fight against armed groups in the Sahel.
The soldiers who carried out the coup call themselves the “National Council for the Protection of the Country.”
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