The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention called for the immediate release of Mohamed Bazoum and his wife, ...

Former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife have been detained by Niger's military junta since July 2023, when it ...

Mohamed Bazoum was toppled as president more than ... a high-powered delegation of Muslim clerics from neighbouring Nigeria met junta leaders in Niamey in a bid to mediate an end to the crisis.

Bazoum, who was elected in 2021, was overthrown on 26 July 2023 by General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of his presidential ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention from February 15-19 to outline its long-awaited political transition. The junta, ...

According to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UN WGAD) urged the release of Nigerien former President Mohamed Bazoum and his wife, Hadiza, ...

President Mohamed Bazoum. Gen Tchiani declared himself the head of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, the military junta set up after he seized power on 26 July. Meanwhile ...

The campaign has also created a website dedicated to ensuring Mohamed ... the junta in power stormed the the palace and deposed Bazoum over 550 days ago. "...for 550 days, unelected leaders ...

Niger's then President Mohamed Bazoum at a press conference at the presidential palace in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on 23 June 2022.

Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey. His lawyers say that his detention is setting a dangerous precedent and have launched a ...