IRMO Brief 08/2023 - Coup d’Etat in Niger: Implications for Security in the Sahel and West Africa

On 26th July 2023, a coup d’etat led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani took place in the Republic of the Niger, a West African country located in the Sahel region. Military forces from the Presidential Guard seized President Mohamed Bazoum and forced him to make a statement to resign as head of state. A few days after the coup d’état, the putschists revealed the name of their group – the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (French: Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de la patrie - CNSP). Niger has a population of 25.2 million people and borders Algeria, Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali.

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