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Niger’s junta leader cements grip on power as he is sworn in as president for a 5-year period
- Abdourahamane Tchiani has been sworn in as Niger's president for a five-year transition period under a new charter, which replaces the country's constitution.
- The new transition period began on Wednesday, according to Mahamane Roufai, the government's secretary general.
- Tchiani has been elevated to the highest military rank of army general, reinforcing his authority since leading a coup in June 2023.
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Mounting calls to free Niger’s deposed president
The NewsNiger’s democratically elected former President Mohamed Bazoum and his wife Hadiza have spent more than 20 months in detention by a military that seized power in 2023 and this week cemented its grip on power.A former high school philosophy teacher who went on to become Niger’s interior minister, Bazoum represented a break with the past: His presidential inauguration in 2021 was hailed as the first peaceful democratic transition in the We…
·New York, United States
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Twenty months after his coup d'état against President Bazoum, the former head of the presidential guard is continuing a transition without an electoral deadline, placing Niger under military control until 2030.
·Paris, France
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