It might seem strange that the Biden White House hasn't used the word 'coup' to talk about what's happening in Niger. But DanDePetris says U.S. law and diplomatic concerns are governing the administration's response.
Mohamed Bazoum, Niger's deposed president, says if his enemies succeed, there will be "devastating consequences for our country, our region and the entire world.”AFP - Getty ImagesOur eyes don’t lie: The military in Niger, or at least a faction within it, has ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, confined him in his home, suspended Niger’s Constitution and is in the early stages of gutting the country’s infant democracy.
and warned that a group of mutinous soldiers intended to reverse the political and socioeconomic progress the country has made since his election in 2021. “If it succeeds,” he wrote, “it will have devastating consequences for our country, our region and the entire world.” To point out that the U.S. hasn’t called what’s happening in Niger a coup d’etat isn’t to say that the Biden administration has sat on its hands. On Aug. 2, the U.S. State Department
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