Tag: mohamed bazoum
four ex-ministers still detained despite a court decision to release them
In Niger, on July 29, the courts ordered the provisional release of four former ministers of ousted president Mohamed Bazoum. Arrested after the July 26 coup, all four are being…
Hama Amadou, former Prime Minister, died at the age of 74
On Wednesday evening, a major Nigerian political figure, Hama Amadou, died of a devastating attack of malaria while he was being transported to the Niamey general referral hospital. Aged 74,…
Rhissa Ag Boula, former advisor to Mohamed Bazoum, claims his “Nigerian nationality”
Three days after the decision of the Nigerien government to temporarily strip nine relatives of former President Mohamed Bazoum of their nationality in a coup on July 26, 2023, former…
what lies behind the loss of nationality of those close to ex-president Bazoum
This is a first in Niger: nine former officials of the Mohamed Bazoum regime overthrown by a putsch in July 2023 were stripped of their nationality by decree of the…
relatives of ex-president Mohamed Bazoum stripped of their nationality
On the evening of Thursday, October 10, President Abdourahamane Tiani decreed the withdrawal of Nigerien citizenship from nine personalities close to President Mohamed Bazoum who was overthrown last year. All…
One year after the coup, General Tiani takes stock
It was exactly one year ago this Friday, July 26, that the military junta of the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland (CNSP) took power in Niger, with…
the daughter of former president Bazoum accuses Mahamadou Issoufou of being the mastermind of the coup
Hinda Bazoum accused her father’s predecessor as head of state, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Friday April 27 of being ” the brain » of the military coup which overthrew him at…
the authorities decree the dissolution of the councils of local authorities
In Niger, the ruling National Council for the Protection of the Homeland (CNSP) dissolved the councils of local authorities by order of General Tiani, the country’s strongman, on April 4,…
ECOWAS entrusts Benin, Sierra Leone and Togo with the Mohamed Bazoum file
In Niger, what future for former president Mohamed Bazoum? He remains detained by the junta since the July 2023 coup that toppled him. ECOWAS, during its summit this weekend, no…
two months after the coup, the political and economic situation remains complicated for the junta
On July 26, 2023, the president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, was overthrown by a military coup. Two months later, the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland (CNSP) came…