Staatsgreep Niger: Militaire junta weert ngo’s uit conflict areas | Buitenland

For years Niger has been reinforced by the development of jihadist groups in the south-west, on the border with Burkina Faso and Mali, and on the south-east, on the border with Nigeria. The military, on July 26, democratically decreed President Mohamed Bazoum afzetten, wezen on the “aftermath of the vigilance situation” as the reason for the state greep.