The Niamey mutiny rocks Niger’s junta and intensifies the military rivalry between Russia and Algeria in the Sahel

Niger experienced severe security turmoil between the night of 28 August and the early hours of 29 August. Gunfire erupted across Niamey three years after General Abdourahamane Tiani seized power, overthrowing elected president Mohamed Bazoum on pledges to decisively counter the regional terrorist t...

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