{"id":12153,"date":"2023-07-27T10:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T10:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/2023\/07\/27\/niger-president-makes-defiant-vow-to-save-democracy-after-coup\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T10:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T10:09:31","slug":"niger-president-makes-defiant-vow-to-save-democracy-after-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=12153","title":{"rendered":"Niger president Makes Defiant vow to Save Democracy After Coup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum took to social media on Thursday with a defiant vow to protect &#8220;hard-won&#8221; democratic gains a day after he was toppled in a military coup.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country&#8217;s foreign minister Hassoumi Massoudou also issued a rallying cry on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, for &#8220;all democrats and patriots&#8221; to make the coup fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their statements followed a late-night address on Wednesday by soldiers on national television announcing that Bazoum had been removed from power and all institutions of the republic suspended, marking the seventh coup in West and Central Africa since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier on Wednesday members of the presidential guard had cut off the presidential palace in the capital Niamey and blocked Bazoum inside, sparking regional and international concern about instability in a country that is a pivotal ally for Western powers helping fight an insurgency in the Sahel region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InCollage_20230727_100007755-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InCollage_20230727_100007755-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InCollage_20230727_100007755-scaled-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InCollage_20230727_100007755-scaled-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InCollage_20230727_100007755-scaled-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InCollage_20230727_100007755-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InCollage_20230727_100007755-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/InCollage_20230727_100007755-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bazoum was still being held inside the presidential palace on Thursday morning, Massoudou said in an interview with French broadcaster France 24. The minister&#8217;s whereabouts were unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niamey was quiet on Thursday morning as citizens awoke to closed borders and a nationwide curfew imposed by the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Bazoum supporters had gathered in the city as events were unfolding on Wednesday, voicing their opposition to a change of power, a Reuters reporter said. They were later dispersed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not yet clear who has taken command. The presidential guard is headed by General Omar Tchiani, but the televised statement was read by a member of the air force named Colonel Amadou Abdramane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seated in an office rather than in the television studio and flanked by nine other officers in fatigues, Abdramane said defence and security forces had acted in response to deteriorating security and bad governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Land-locked Niger, a former French colony, is one of several West African states battling jihadist militants that have waged a violent insurgency across the region over the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26niger-3-gbjt-mobilemasterat3x4010570126457254787-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26niger-3-gbjt-mobilemasterat3x4010570126457254787-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26niger-3-gbjt-mobilemasterat3x4010570126457254787-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26niger-3-gbjt-mobilemasterat3x4010570126457254787-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26niger-3-gbjt-mobilemasterat3x4010570126457254787-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26niger-3-gbjt-mobilemasterat3x4010570126457254787-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26niger-3-gbjt-mobilemasterat3x4010570126457254787-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26niger-3-gbjt-mobilemasterat3x4010570126457254787-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/26niger-3-gbjt-mobilemasterat3x4010570126457254787.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frustrations over state failures to prevent violent attacks on towns and villages partly spurred two coups in Mali and two in Burkina Faso since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niger&#8217;s role had become increasingly important for Western powers helping fight the jihadists since relations with Burkina Faso and Mali&#8217;s military governments soured, prompting foreign troop withdrawals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517308088694405964570471536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517308088694405964570471536.jpg 720w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517308088694405964570471536-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517308088694405964570471536-600x594.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517308088694405964570471536-250x248.jpg 250w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517308088694405964570471536-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517026808842099153822281102-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517026808842099153822281102-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517026808842099153822281102-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517026808842099153822281102-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517026808842099153822281102-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fb_img_16904517026808842099153822281102.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source: Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum took to social media on Thursday with a defiant vow to protect &#8220;hard-won&#8221; 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