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Niger military council blocks rebellion
The military council in Niger announced that it is gradually regaining control of the situation following a mutiny carried out by a group of dissenting soldiers. They detained some of their comrades at the 101st Battalion barracks in Niamey and fired upon sensitive locations. However, the response from the defense forces allowed for a swift retaking of these sites. Authorities confirmed that fighting continued around the presidential palace, and that the guards remained loyal to General Abdrahamane Tiani, who led the July 2023 coup and has been holding the ousted President Mohamed Bazoum since then. Niamey Airport, which has been targeted several times this year by terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, remains a strategic objective. It houses uranium enrichment facilities awaiting export, although shipment activities have been halted for some time. Niger faces threats from extremist groups active in Burkina Faso and Mali, and is shifting closer to Russia following its rapprochement with the Sahel countries.
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