NIAMEY, July 28 (Xinhua) — General Abdourahamane Tchiani, leader of Niger\’s presidential guard, has been named \”president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland\” following a military takeover, state television reported Friday.
Soldiers in Niger have overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum, the country\’s Defense and Security Forces (FDS) said in a press release broadcast on state television late on Wednesday, hours after the president was allegedly held hostage.
\”This follows the continued deterioration of the security situation, poor economic and social governance,\” said Col Maj Amadou Abdramane, a member of the FDS and National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, newly established by soldiers.