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Newshour: 27/07/2023 13:06 GMT: Captive Niger president defiant after coup

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27/07/2023 13:06 GMT

27/07/2023 13:06 GMT: Captive Niger president defiant after coup

Captive Niger president defiant after coup

BBC World Service - Newshour, Captive Niger president defiant after coup

Niger's President has issued a defiant message after soldiers announced a coup

Niger's President has issued a defiant message after soldiers announced a coup in the west African nation.

The army in Niger, in west Africa, has given its backing to the troops who announced in a television address that they had toppled the country's elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. Mr Bazoum, who is a close ally of western countries fighting Islamist militancy, has been detained since early Wednesday by troops from the presidential guard. What could it mean for the country and the region?
 
Also today: the man who spent 17 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit; and scientists resolve the mystery of a 2,000-year-old grave.
 
(Photo: Niger Army spokesman Colonel Major Amadou Adramane speaks during an appearance on national television, after President Mohamed Bazoum was held in the presidential palace, in Niamey, Niger, July 26, 2023. Credit: ORTN/via Reuters TV/Handout via Reuters)

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