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Nigeria’s Rumoured Coup Plot: Fact, Fiction, and the Fight for Credibility

Nigeria woke up this week to a swirl of rumours that a military coup had been uncovered — an unsettling echo of the country’s turbulent past. According to reports widely circulated by Sahara Reporters and other online outlets, the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) detained sixteen officers, including a Brigadier-General, for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Read More…

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Niger’s ousted president’s son granted provisional release from house arrest

Niger’s military tribunal announced the provisional release of Mohamed Bazoum Salem, the son of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, from house arrest in Niamey, according to a statement released on Monday. Salem, aged 23, had been under detention at the presidential residence, alongside his parents, since the military coup that ousted his father from power in Read More…