Mohamed Bazoum

He has extensively consulted Sahelian partners particularly his trusted allies Presidents Mohamed Bazoum Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani and Roch Kaboré of Niger Mauritania and Burkina Faso respectively over the shape of the redeployment (AC Vol 62 No 15 Burkina without Barkhane)...

Just three months after taking office President Mohamed Bazoum has emerged as a central figure in the struggle to restore security to the Sahel (AC Vol 62 No 14 Paris makes up with the junta)...

Just before his inauguration in April as President of Niger – where French fighter jets and drones are based – Mohamed Bazoum said: 'A partial retreat by France provided she maintained her air support would not have a big impact on the situation or the balance of forces…What matters to us is a certain presence of French air forces which will be guaranteed...

Niger's new President Mohamed Bazoum advised the generals to appoint civilian figures and launch a national dialogue but the CMT and Mahamat Idriss flatly rejected any compromise...

Post-election violence left two dead and almost 470 arrested in Niamey after provisional results awarded the government candidate Mohamed Bazoum 55...

With the 27 December first round of the presidential election approaching fast Mohamed Bazoum – who spent 10 years as President Mahamadou Issoufou's right-hand man – is in full campaign mode...

Loss of good willThe soft-spoken Rafini is perceived as much less partisan than Issoufou's right-hand man and political strategist Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum and appeared to have reassured a wary opposition...

PointmanNiger's pointman for these foreign missions is Mohamed Bazoum the hyperactive Interior Minister...

Niger's Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum says they may be from Ansar Eddine...

The President's campaign chief former Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum denies that charge insisting that he agreed Cissé could stand in the first round before uniting behind Issoufou for the run-off – normal practice in Niger's French-style two-round elections (AC Vol 53 No 8 Issoufou under siege)...