Tag: Mohamed Bazoum

Gen. Omar Tchiani NIAMEY- The head of the presidential guard in Niger, Gen. Omar Tchiani, has appointed himself president of the National Council and thus the country’s new ruler. Tchiani ...

WELLINGTON- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called for the immediate release of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum. Bazoum has been removed from power, according to a group of ...

NIAMEY- Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum took to social media on Thursday with a defiant vow to protect “hard-won” democratic gains a day after he was toppled in a military coup. ...

NIAMEY- Presidential guards on Wednesday held Niger President Mohamed Bazoum inside his palace in the capital Niamey, but the presidency said the guards had started an “anti-republican” movement “in vain” ...