Their commander, General Abdourahamane Tiani, was the instigator of the July 26 putsch against the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, who is still being held behind these high walls with his wife and son.Īt one of the entrances to this large building, which housed the French colonial administration prior to the country's independence in 1960, an armored vehicle stood where a few soldiers were usually stationed, before the coup. On Sunday, August 6, a handful of men wearing the brown berets of the Presidential Guard suspiciously scanned the rare vehicles passing along the Corniche Yantala that separates the presidential office from the Niger River. AFPįrom the roof of the palace in Niamey, the capital of Niger, the soldiers of the Presidential Guard were on the lookout. Subscribers only General Mohamed Toumba, junta spokesman Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane and Colonel Ousmane Abarchi of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, arrive at the General Seyni-Kountché Stadium in Niamey on August 6, 2023. In the wake of July's coup, its leaders are working to gain the population's support, and raising their voices against France.īy Morgane Le Cam (Niamey (Niger) special correspondent) Published on August 7, 2023, at 11:54 am (Paris), updated on August 9, 2023, at 8:35 am Niger: Life goes on in Niamey, despite fear of intervention
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