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Russia cements its role as Africa junta protector after helping quell Niger’s mutiny
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Niger's junta faced a major internal threat when renegade soldiers staged a mutiny over the weekend. The standoff ended with Russian intervention. Young soldiers took some of their colleagues hostage at a military base in Niamey and fired shots near the presidential palace.
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Dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested after an apparent mutiny in Niger’s capital of Niamey, state TV reports
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Russia cements its role as Africa junta protector after helping quell Niger’s mutiny
Gunfire and explosions were heard across Niamey overnight. The attack posed the latest threat to Niger's military junta, led by Abdourahamane Tiani, who seized power in a 2023 coup.
A group of soldiers in Niger rebelled against officers at a key military base and fired at sensitive locations in the capital, Niamey, in an apparent mutiny marked by gunfire and explosions, authorities said Saturday, in what was seen as a major threat to the country's struggling junta.
Dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested after a group of young soldiers attempted a mutiny in Niger’s capital of Niamey in what was seen as a major threat to the country’s ruling junta, according to a state television broadcast and analysts.
Soldiers in Niger have rebelled against officers at a key military base, firing at sensitive locations in the capital, Niamey. Authorities reported sustained gunfire and explosions overnight into Saturday, including at the main airport and near the presidential palace.
Gunfire and explosions have been reported in Niger, as mutinying soldiers attempted to storm the presidential palace in the capital, Niamey, in a challenge to the ruling junta. The government said it had regained control after hours of fighting on Saturday. Léo Paichard and Nick Rushworth report.
NIAMEY, Niger -- Dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested after a group of young troops attempted a mutiny in Niger's capital in what was seen as a major threat to the country's ruling junta, according to a state television broadcast and analysts.
Life returned to normal in Niger's capital on Sunday, a day after mutineers stormed the presidential palace and a military base at Niamey's main airport, resisting forces loyal to the ruling junta until Russia’s Africa Corps intervened.
Niger's junta faced a major internal threat when renegade soldiers staged a mutiny over the weekend. The standoff ended with Russian intervention. Young soldiers took some of their colleagues hostage at a military base in Niamey and fired shots near the presidential palace.
The military government of Niger, which seized power in a 2023 coup, claimed on Sunday it was able to suppress a violent 24-hour "mutiny" by disgruntled soldiers with the aid of Russian mercenaries.
Niger's capital is back to normal after an intense week-end. A soldier mutiny took over Niamey on August 29, which was stopped by the army alongside the Russian paramilitary Africa Corps. The next day, Algeria sent four fighters aircrafts and two other military planes as cooperation with Nigeria is …
A failed mutiny in Niger over the weekend shows how important Russia's Africa Corps mercenaries are in the country, according to analysts. They argue that the failed mutiny on Saturday shows how the country's security landscape has worsened and contradicts claims from Niger's junta about the country…
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