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Vol 66 No 14

Published 11th July 2025


Niger

Putschist faces his own mutiny

Nigériens are two weeks away from the second anniversary of the putsch that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, breaking military partnerships with France, the United States and the European Union in the process. Then Niger joined Burkina Faso and Mali to form the Association des États du Sahel (AES) and quit the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). This radical shift in national trajectory has been overseen by General Abdourahamane Tiani, who, over 12 years as commander of the presidential guard by President Mahamadou Issoufou, was notoriously taciturn on political matters. Even now he trusts only a few confidants – aside from lengthy televised diatribes against the foes of his Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de la patrie (CNSP) – France and Benin.

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