The military coup against Gabon’s long-ruling president, Ali Bongo, comes amid political upheaval across sub-Saharan Africa.
Niger has been a key ally of the United States, which has deployed about 800 troops at a time to the country and operates drones out of a military base in Agadez. Shortly after Bazoum’s removal, Blinken confirmed communication with him and the Niger government and said that officials “condemn any efforts to seize power by force.”
The current leader, Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, ousted Damiba in September after a mutinous group of military leaders saw no improvement in quelling the violence.The Pentagon has stationed U.S. Green Berets in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, and the State Department pays contractors to train the country’s forces, the Wall Street Journal
In early January 2021, the junta backed out of a September 2020 agreement to transition the country back to civilian elections after Bah N’daw was installed as interim president. In May 2021, Goïta staged another coup and remains in power today. Amid criticism and ongoing violent protests, Doumbouya agreed to return the country to civilian rule with a 24-month transition beginning in early 2023.After President Idriss Déby, who seized control in his own 1990 coup, was killed in a military operation against rebels on Chad’s northern border in April 2021, the speaker of parliament should have ascended to the presidency. Instead, a military council took control and installed Déby’s son, Gen.
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