Mohamed Bazoum: Niger president never far from coup threat

As Sahel countries such as Mali and Burkina Faso fell to military junta rule in recent years, Niger’s Mohamed Bazoum stood as one of the region’s few remaining pro-Western, democratically elected leaders. He came to power in 2021 — the country’s first president to do so in a peaceful transition — and later called that […]

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