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

Niger's junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, ...

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

The United Nations, UN, has said that Niger’s deposed president Mohamed Bazoum has been arbitrarily detained with his wife since his ouster in a military ...

It’s hard for people from [America] to know what is going on around Africa. The media never allow you to see the reality, honestly. And that is a big problem," Moctar says.

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 ...

The campaign has also created a website dedicated to ensuring Mohamed Bazoum is not forgotten. "His unjust detention is a call to action - for democracy, justice, and the principles he represents.

It is almost a year since the lifting of heavy sanctions on Niger imposed by a regional West African bloc to protest against the overthrow of civilian president Mohamed Bazoum in 2023. But ...