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Niger Government Says Military Coup Attempt Foiled
Niger s security forces thwarted an attempted military coup at the West African country s presidential palace overnight, the government said Wednesday.
Niger s security forces thwarted an attempted military coup at the West African country s presidential palace overnight, the government said Wednesday.
It comes just two days before the newly elected president is to be sworn into office in a peaceful transfer of power.
The coup attempt raises fear of more violence coinciding with Mohamed Bazoum s inauguration as president on Friday.
Already his administration faces unprecedented threats from Islamic extremists near the country s troubled border with Mali.
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Niger’s government says an attempted military coup was stopped Wednesday, two days before the new president is due to take office.
An army unit in the West African country tried to seize the presidential palace in Niamey overnight in an attempted coup, says the government. According to three security sources, the assailants came from a nearby air base and fled after the presidential guard attacked them with heavy shelling and gunfire.
“Several people have been arrested and others linked to the events are being actively sought,” said a statement from government spokesman Abdourahmane Zakaria.
Zakaria added that “the government condemns this cowardly and retrogressive act that aims to endanger democracy and the rule of law to which our country is resolutely committed.”
Niger Military Coup Attempt Thwarted Days Before Power Transition
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An army unit in Niger tried to seize the presidential palace in Niamey overnight in an attempted coup, the Niger government said. According to several security sources who spoke to Reuters, the military members came from a nearby airbase and were forced back by presidential security forces. Order has now been restored.
The coup attempt comes just days before the official handover of power in Niger and the swearing-in of President-elect Mohamed Bazoum.
“On the night of March 30-31, an attempted coup was thwarted,” the Niger government said in a statement, condemning “this cowardly and regressive act which sought to threaten democracy and the state of law.”
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