General Abdourahamane Tchiani is the new leader of Niger following a military takeover, state television reported on Friday.
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The chief of the Presidential Guard has been named “president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland,” a statement said, with elected President Mohamed Bazoum detained by Army putschists since Wednesday morning.
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