General Abdourahamane Tiani was declared the new head of state of Niger, days after President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted. The developments in Niger mark the seventh military takeover in West and Central Africa in less than three years
The upheaval has raised concerns about the security of a region where Niger has been a key ally of Western powers seeking to contain insurgencies by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.
Several world leaders said they have spoken to him since the coup, and that he is still detained in the palace with his family but "fine".The general appeared on state television on Friday with a banner on the screen that described him as the president of a newly formed military body, the National Council for Safeguarding the Homeland .
Niger is also the world's seventh-biggest producer of uranium, the radioactive metal widely used for nuclear energy and in nuclear weapons, as well as for treating cancer. , who remains active despite leading a failed mutiny against the Russian army's top brass last month. He described the coup as an uprising against colonizers and offered his fighters' services to bring order.FOREIGN RESPONSE
Niger will test for the regional bloc, which has struggled to convince soldiers to give back power after the latest wave of coups in member states Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso.
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