Nigeriens awoke to a divided country on Wednesday after mutinous soldiers claimed to have ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. But Niger’s government said it will never accept their rule and has called for the population to reject it.
Western countries have poured aid into Niger, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Blinken, who was in New Zealand, repeated the U.S. condemnation of the mutiny and said his team was in close contact with officials in France and Africa.The mutinous soldiers, who call themselves the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, took to state television and announced they had seized control because of deteriorating security and poor economic and social governance in the nation of 25 million people.
According to someone close to the president who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the situation, the president has not and will not resign and is safe in his residence. The “country, faced with insecurity, terrorism and the challenges of underdevelopment, cannot afford to be distracted,” they said.
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