In 2011, after two decades climbing the ranks of Niger's army, Abdourahamane Tiani was handed one of the military's most prized appointments: the head of an elite unit set up to protect the president. Last week, Tiani, a general, used his position and manpower to do the opposite. Tiani, 59, said that soldiers had seized power because of persistent insecurity driven by a decade-long Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands of soldiers and civilians across the Sahel, echoing justifications by military leaders in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso who have also snatched power since 2020.
In 2011, after two decades climbing the ranks of Niger's army, Abdourahamane Tiani was handed one of the military's most prized appointments: the head of an elite unit set up to protect the president. Last week, Tiani, a general, used his position and manpower to do the opposite. Tiani, 59, said that soldiers had seized power because of persistent insecurity driven by a decade-long Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands of soldiers and civilians across the Sahel, echoing justifications by
By Moussa Aksar and Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) - In 2011, after two decades climbing the ranks of Niger's army, Abdourahamane Tiani was handed o.
By Boureima Balima and Felix Onuah NIAMEY/ABUJA (Reuters) -West African nations imposed economic and travel sanctions on Niger's new military leaders on
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