➡️ UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that he’s concerned about the reported 'deplorable living conditions' of Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum and his family in detention.
Demonstrators hold placards and Niger flags as they gather outside the country's embassy in Paris in support of President Mohamed BazoumThe US and UN are concerned about the health and safety of Niger's elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who has spent more than two weeks under house arrest.
The Economic Community of West African States had given Niger's coup leaders until Sunday to stand down.Ahead of the meeting, Muslim clerics from northern Nigeria, which shares a long border with Niger, have urged Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu against using force to oust the coup leaders. Earlier, his party said they were being detained under "cruel" and "inhumane" conditions, Reuters news agency reported.Since then, a military junta has ruled Niger while Mr Bazoum has been kept in the presidential palace. Members of the junta have made no comment about the ousted leader's condition.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller added: "As time goes on, as he's held in isolation, it's a situation that is of growing concern to us."
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