*Niger Army spokesman Colonel Amadou Adramane speaks during an appearance on national television, after President Mohamed Bazoum was held in the presidential palace. Photograph: ORTN/Reuters Niger military officers announced early Thursday that they had taken over power from President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been in detention since the early hours of Wednesday. The soldiers announced the coup in televised broadcast in the early hours of Thursday. In the broadcast, 10 senior officers said the National Council of the State Guard of the Nation had decided to “put an end to…
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