Niger army announces coup and president’s removal on national TV
Niger soldiers announced on national television that president Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power.
Late on Wednesday, 26 July, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, flanked by nine other officers, claimed that defence and security forces had decided: “Put an end to the regime that you know due to the deteriorating security situation and bad governance.”
The country’s borders are closed and a nationwide curfew has been declared, Abdramane added.
It is the seventh coup in the West and Central Africa region since 2020.
Late on Wednesday, 26 July, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, flanked by nine other officers, claimed that defence and security forces had decided: “Put an end to the regime that you know due to the deteriorating security situation and bad governance.”
The country’s borders are closed and a nationwide curfew has been declared, Abdramane added.
It is the seventh coup in the West and Central Africa region since 2020.
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00:00 Ce jour, 26 juillet 2023, nous, Forces de défense et de sécurité, réunis au sein
00:07 du Conseil National pour la Sauvegarde de la Patrie, CLSP, avons décidé de mettre
00:14 fin au régime que vous connaissez.
00:16 Cela fait suite à la dégradation continue de la situation sécuritaire, la mauvaise
00:22 gouvernance économique et sociale, réaffirmant notre attachement au respect de tous les engagements
00:29 souscrits par le Niger.
00:30 Nous rassurons la communauté nationale et internationale par rapport au respect de l'intégrité
00:36 physique et morale des autorités du juge conformément aux principes des droits humains.