Reports Mohamed Bazoum being held by plotters, who earlier announced suspension of all state institutions
Niger’s military leadership has thrown its weight behind a coup against the president, Mohamed Bazoum, even as Bazoum vowed to protect his country’s “hard-won” democratic gains.
The military command declared its support for the coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard and said its priority was to avoid destabilising the country.
