Yet General Abdourahamane Tiani's Conseil National pour la Sauvegarde de la Patrie (CNSP) junta may calculate that they can drag out any negotiations having survived the first ECOWAS deadline of 6 August without triggering military action...
' He didn't explain how that translates into pressure on Generals Abdourahamane Tiani and Salifou Mody without playing into the junta's hands by fuelling the sense among Nigériens that they are being victimised...
His saviour then was Gen Abdourahmane Tiani the commander of the 2 000-strong presidential guard the same man who detained Bazoum on 26 July and has now been proclaimed president and head of Niger's Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de la patrie (CNSP) junta...
NIAMEY JUNTA TESTS REGIONAL RESOLVE ON COUPS West African leaders' hard-line stance towards General Abdourahamane Tiani's military junta in Niamey which is holding President Mohamed Bazoum and his family prisoner in the presidential residence risks serious confrontation with the putschists...
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As General Abdourahamane Tchiani's putsch raises security concerns for Niger's neighbours western governments and companies are assessing the risk to the operations...
