Vol 66 No 17 |
- NIGER
- SAHEL
It's now clear that power lies with Tiani rather than General Salifou Mody deputy head of the Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de la patrie (CNSP) junta or chief of staff General Moussa Salaou Barmou...
Other officers had backed Brigadier Gen Moussa Salaou Barmou to take over but he also declined to challenge Tiani for the leadership...
On 7 August the United States Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland had managed to meet Gen Moussa Salaou Barmou in Niamey but was refused access to President Mohamed Bazoum who is detained in spartan conditions...