Various factions of Niger’s military wrangled for power Friday, an analyst and a Western military official said, two days after members of the presidential guard staged a coup, setting off political chaos that could set back the country’s fight against jihadists and increase Russia’s influence in West Africa
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Niger s president defiantly declared Thursday that democracy would prevail, a day after mutinous soldiers detained him and announced they had seized power in a coup because of the West African country s deteriorating security situation.