Coup Attempt Fails In Niger

 

France 24: Niger foils ‘coup attempt’ days before presidential inauguration 

A military unit tried to seize the presidential palace in Niger's capital Niamey overnight in an attempted coup but it was pushed back and order has been restored, the government said on Wednesday, days before a handover of power. 

"On the night of March 30-31, an attempted coup was thwarted," it said in a statement, condemning "this cowardly and regressive act which sought to threaten democracy and the state of law". 

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Niger: Attack on presidential palace an ‘attempted coup’ -- Al Jazeera 

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