Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) holds a placard as people protest ouside the Niger and French airbase to demand the departure of the French army from Niger, in Niamey on Sept. 16, 2023. LONDON -- In the wee hours of the morning, a group of men dressed in military uniform appear on state television and claim to have seized power from a president whose fami
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