The military in Niger has seized President Mohamed Bazoum, declared his government at an end, and closed the country’s borders, angering the Biden administration in the United States. “[W]e, the defense and security forces, under the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), have decided to put an end to the regime you know,” declared an officer identified as Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane in a televised address. “This follows the continuing deterioration of the security situation, and poor economic and social governance,” he added. Niger, which has long been struggling with jihadist insurgents from al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, and the Islamic State, was an important partner for the West, taking in many French troops from neighboring Mali after that country realigned with Russia and the Wagner Group. Western governments have therefore condemned the coup, with Joe Biden’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, saying the United States “strongly condemns any effort to seize power by force and disrupt the constitutional order” and demanding Bazoum’s “immediate release”. “Niger is a critical partner for the United States,” she added.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/07/27/niger-coup-military-seizes-president-and-shuts-borders-biden-admin-furious/