Two days after apparent coup, state media names General Abdourahamane Tchiani as the new leader of Niger
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna says President Emmanuel Macron has spoken several times to "ousted" President Mohamed Bazoum since the “attempted coup” and that he is in good health.On Thursday, several hundred people gathered in the capital, Niamey, and chanted support for the Russian private military group Wagner while waving Russian flags. / Photo: AP
Some of the last public communications from the government included a defiant tweet by the president on Thursday declaring that democracy would prevail and a call by Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massoudou, on media outlet France 24, for Nigeriens to stand against the mutiny. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna told French media on Friday that President Emmanuel Macron has spoken several times to Bazoum since what she described as an “attempted coup,” and that he is in good health.
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