Niger’s ousted president warns of ‘devastating’ coup impact, growing Russian influence ...Egypt

CNN  —   Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum said Thursday he is being held hostage by the country’s military as he warned in a Washington Post op-ed that the junta’s power grab could have “devastating consequences” for the region, where Russian mercenaries have established a foothold. Bazoum, who was democratically elected two years ago, has been detained by soldiers at the presidential palace in the capital Niamey since last Wednesday, when the military launched a coup that has been condemned by the United States and other Western nations and brought threats of military intervention from a bloc of West African countries. “I write this as a hostage,” Bazoum wrote in the Washington Post. “Nige

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