Leaders of the Niger Coup Face a Deadline to Avoid Military Intervention
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🗓️ 31 July 2023
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The coup in Niger is part of a wave of attempted, and successful, power grabs in West and Central Africa, a region gripped by political instability. Now, a group of West African nations imposed sanctions on Niger, and threatened military action if the coup leaders don't reinstate the president within the week.
NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu reports from neighboring country Nigeria, and he brings us the latest developments. We discuss what this means for the Sahel, and for democracies around the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Two years ago, the West African country, Niger, marked a historic milestone that countries |
| 0:12.7 | first peaceful democratic transfer of power. |
| 0:16.7 | They elected Mohammed Basum as president. |
| 0:19.4 | He enjoyed the backing of western governments, including the United States, then last week |
| 0:25.2 | members of his own presidential guard detained him and seized power. |
| 0:33.1 | In a late-night announcement on television, soldiers in Niger declared the military had |
| 0:38.5 | taken over. |
| 0:39.8 | The group imposed a curfew. |
| 0:41.7 | Close the country's borders said the constitution had been dissolved, a general who had led |
| 0:47.5 | Basum's presidential guard Abdul Rahman Chiani declared himself the country's new leader. |
| 0:57.7 | The Kuwait Niger is part of a wave of attempted and successful power grabs in west and central |
| 1:04.6 | Africa, a region gripped by political instability, coming up what it means for the Sahel and for |
| 1:11.1 | democracies around the world. |
| 1:16.2 | Let's consider this from NPR, I'm Mary the Wies Kelly, its Monday, July 31. |
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| 1:42.6 | Morning after the coup in Niger, a few hundred people gathered in front of the national assembly |
| 1:47.7 | in the capital, Niami, to show their support for the new leadership. |
| 1:53.2 | The weakness of governments is the key element that explains this coup because it's not |
| 1:58.2 | the first one. |
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