Soldiers Claim to Have Overthrown President Bazoum DeutscheWelle: Niger
A group of soldiers in Niger said that President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. They also said the nation's borders are closed and a curfew has been imposed"until further notice."
Reading from a statement, the soldiers said,"The country's borders are closed and a nationwide curfew declared."According to comments made officially and unofficially from President Mohamed Bazoum's office, a contingent of the presidential guard had been trying to detain Bazoum inside the residence.
"ECOWAS condemns in the strongest possible terms the attempt to seize power by force and calls on the coup plotters to free the democratically elected President of the Republic immediately and without any condition," the statement, signed by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, said. The EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell wrote in French that he was"very preoccupied by the events underway in Niamey."
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