Niger military junta says it will prosecute ousted president for high treason

Niger’s military has declared it will prosecute the ousted former president Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’ and undermining Niger’s security. In a video statement broadcast on national TV, Col Maj Amadou Abdramane said: ‘The Nigerien transitional authorities regret this attitude of a certain international community which consists in showing its solidarity with the few politicians of the deposed regime and at the same time lacking in empathy towards the Nigerien populations’

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