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What Niger coup means for France, Russia
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General Abdourahamane Tiani, leader of Niger’s newly-formed military junta (left) arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, on July 28.
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LONDON - Western governments are evacuating their citizens from Niger as tensions rise a week after a military coup deposed the African country’s elected president.
President Mohamed Bazoum is still under arrest by the soldiers answerable to General Abdourahamane Tiani, the former head of the presidential guard and leader of Niger’s newly formed military junta.
