Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum said Thursday he is being held hostage by the country’s military as he warned in a Washington Post op-ed that the junta’s power grab could have ...

Soldiers in Niger announce coup as guards take president hostage 04:36. Niamey — Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum on Thursday defiantly vowed to protect "hard-won" democratic gains after he was ...

President Mohamed Bazoum had grown alarmed at military takeovers sweeping across Niger’s neighbors. Then his own soldiers came for him. Weeks later, he remains imprisoned in his home.

NIAMEY, Niger − The military junta that seized power in Niger said it plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining state security, an announcement ...

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power, according to a group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation’s national television late on Wednesday, hours after the ...

Niger’s military says it will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for treason, hours after a group of senior Islamic scholars said the country’s coup leaders are open to diplomacy to ...

Niger's ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, seen in a 2022 file photograph, said he has been "deprived of all human contact" since Friday, with no one supplying him food or medicine.

Mr Bazoum, the first democratically elected president to succeed another in Niger, was detained by his own guards last week. Coup leader Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani has been installed as head of state.

Nine months after a coup in Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, an ally of France and the U.S., remains locked in the presidential residence, cut off from contact with anyone but his doctor.

Mohamed Bazoum is the president of the Republic of Niger. I write this as a hostage. Niger is under attack from a military junta that is trying to overthrow our democracy, and I am just one of ...

If convicted, Bazoum could face the death penalty, according to Niger’s penal code.

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum said Thursday he is being held hostage by the country’s military as he warned in a Washington Post op-ed that the junta’s power grab could have ...