

VIDEO: Niger's Presidential Guard fires warning shots to disperse demonstrators protesting over the detention of President Mohamed Bazoum.
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 27, 2023
Bazoum supporters tried to approach the presidential complex where the head of state is being held, but scattered when the shots were… pic.twitter.com/4J00jWIPYH
🇳🇪 Soldiers claimed to have overthrown #Niger's government on Thursday after members of the Presidential Guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum.
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) July 27, 2023
They said "all institutions" in the country would be suspended and borders were closed.@yinka_oyetade has the story 👇 pic.twitter.com/K8LklvBCAd
🇳🇪 President Bazoum's foreign minister Hassoumi Massoudou told FRANCE 24 that the leader was in good health and insisted that the elected government was the legal and legitimate power in #Niger.
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) July 27, 2023
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