{"id":1984306,"date":"2023-07-27T15:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T19:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/niger-soldiers-declare-coup-and-removal-of-president-on-national-tv\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T15:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T19:59:34","slug":"niger-soldiers-declare-coup-and-removal-of-president-on-national-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/niger-soldiers-declare-coup-and-removal-of-president-on-national-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger soldiers stage coup, oust president on live TV."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fniger-soldiers-declare-coup-and-removal-of-president-on-national-tv%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984306&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Issouf SANOGO \/\u2063 AFP) (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/shawntel-smith-hill\">Shawntel Smith-Hill<\/a><br \/>12:55 PM \u2013 Thursday, July 27, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>West\u200b African soldiers from the country of Niger have announced a \u200bcoup during a national TV broadcast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers say they have dissolved the \u2064constitution, suspended all internal institutions, blocked the nation\u2019s borders, and imposed a strict curfew for \u200clocals.<\/p>\n<p>Since Wednesday, the nation\u2019s President\u2063 Mohamed Bazoum has already been removed from power after a convoy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/niger-soldiers-declare-coup-and-removal-of-president-on-national-tv\/\" title=\"Niger soldiers stage coup, oust president on live TV.\">armed guards \u2064seized control<\/a>\u2064 of the\u200d presidential palace in Niamey, the\u200d national capital.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Amadou Abdramane, \u200dsurrounded by nine other officers, made a televised \u2063address to\u2063 the nation\u200b late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement announced\u2062 that \u2062the coup had decided \u2064to \u200c\u201cput an end to the regime that you\u200b know due to the deteriorating security situation and bad governance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dcoup is reportedly\u200c being led by the head of \u200ba \u2062regional political and security\u2064 group.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the\u2062 group\u2019s stern warning against any foreign intervention, regional and global leaders around \u200dthe world have \u200ccalled for the safe release of\u2063 Bazoum. Who has only been \u2064president of\u2064 the nation for two years.<\/p>\n<p>Bazoum\u2019s presidency marked the country\u2019s\u200b first peaceful transition of power since its \u2062independence from France in 1960.<\/p>\n<p>After the\u200b news of\u200d the coup and\u2063 President Bazoum\u2019s removal of power reached the United States, several key figures who promised \u201cunwavering\u200d support,\u201d such as the United\u200d States Secretary \u2062of \u2062State Antony Blinken, made efforts to call for the release \u200cof Bazoum.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken, who was\u200b visiting a \u2064news\u2063 conference in New \u200dZealand, said, \u201cI spoke \u2062with President Bazoum \u200dearlier this \u2062morning, and made clear that the U.S. \u2062resolutely supports him \u200cas the \u200bdemocratically elected president of \u2064Niger. We call for\u200c his\u200c immediate release.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe condemn any efforts to\u200c seize power by\u200d force,\u201d said Blinken. \u201cWe\u2019re actively engaged with the Niger government, but also\u2063 with partners in the region and around\u2062 the world, and will\u200b continue to do so until the situation is resolved appropriately and peacefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other prominent figures \u2063include \u200bUnited Nations Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, who said he spoke with Bazoum \u2062and would be offering his \u201cfull support and solidarity.\u201d Guterres called on\u2062 \u201call actors involved to exercise restraint and to ensure the protection \u200dof constitutional order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Niger is \u200dnot the\u2062 only\u2063 country in recent years to have experienced a coup, both\u2064 Mali and Burkina Faso, which are neighboring countries of Niger, have seen new military leaders at\u2063 odds\u2062 with France, the\u2064 former colonial power.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Coup in Niger \u200dRepublic! France\u200d loses yet another colony in Africa! Like Burkina Faso, Mali, CAR, the coup plotters in\u200c Niger Republic are said\u200c to be angry that the\u2062 now\u200b reportedly ousted\u200c Nigerien president\u2062 was too\u200b close to France whilst his\u2063 people wished for all colonial\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/miyttCQzTN\">pic.twitter.com\/miyttCQzTN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J. C. Okechukwu \u200d(@jcokechukwu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jcokechukwu\/status\/1684524303214170113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u2064news blasts directly to\u2064 your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Former \u2064NHL legend, Ron Duguay, \u200dspoke\u2063 with our N.Y. correspondent Caitlin Sinclair\u2064 on \u2063all \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nhl-player-talks-woke-sports\/\" title=\"NHL player discusses woke sports.\">things woke sports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Expanding school choice is an idea not being backed\u200b by the\u200d Nevada State legislature, despite serious concerns over\u00a0class\u200b size,\u00a0literacy,\u200b and \u200dsubject matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>with Dr. Jeff Barke<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>with Ivory Hecker<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By \u2064Alexander Marrow\u2064 and Gleb \u200cStolyarov (Reuters) -Russian tech\u200c giant Yandex reported a 27% fall in second-quarter net profit on Thursday as\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>DUBLIN (Reuters) \u2013 Digital rights\u200b group NOYB on Thursday filed \u2063a complaint against \u200bRyanair, alleging that \u2064the airline is \u200dviolating customers\u2019\u2062 data\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>LONDON (Reuters) -Britain\u2019s GMB trade\u2062 union said on Thursday more than a thousand workers at two Amazon fulfilment centres in England would\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Aditya Soni (Reuters) \u2013 Meta shares surged nearly \u20638% on \u200dThursday as a rosy revenue forecast \u200cshowed\u2063 that artificial intelligence was\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West African soldiers from Niger have declared a coup, dissolving the constitution, suspending internal institutions, and closing the country&#8217;s borders. 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