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The 62-year-old decorated general and former military attache at Niger's embassy in Germany has led the elite presidential guard unit since 2011. General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger by leaders of a coup, arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, Niger July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Balima BoureimaHe was the first officer on site when a French UTA flight crashed near Bilma in northern Niger in 1989, killing all 170 people on board, following a suitcase bomb explosion. He was decorated for having secured the crash site.
Reiterating that soldiers had seized power because of worsening security in the country, Tiani said: "We cannot continue with the same approaches proposed so far, as it risks witnessing the gradual and inevitable disappearance of our nation".Our Standards:
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