Niger leader defiant after coup bid

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 28, 2023 12:09 am

NIAMEY: Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum on Thursday defiantly vowed to protect 'hard-won' democratic gains after he was detained by elite troops who declared they had taken power in the troubled West African nation.

Bazoum was confined in the capital Niamey on Wednesday by members of his Presidential Guard, who, hours later, announced that 'all institutions' in the country would be suspended, the borders closed and a nighttime curfew imposed.

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