Niger will host a nationwide meeting of local government leaders a month after the rebels took power. It has been reported DEA News with a link to the source.
“The heads of all regional councils and mayors of all communes in Niger have been summoned by the Minister of Interior and Regional Administration, General Mohamed Toumba, to Niamey (the capital) for an important meeting scheduled for 26 August 2023.” The statement said:
It was noted that the management of regional structures will be discussed at the meeting.
Ex-daughter of ousted Niger President Mohamed Bazum Zazya in open letter demanded that the rebels release his father and restore constitutional order in the country. He also thanked the international community for his father’s support and called for the release of his family, the restoration of constitutional order in the country and the restoration of the presidency to Mohamed Razum.
Former President of Nigeria Abdulsalami Abubakar led the mission The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a meeting with the leaders of the rebels in Niger.
On July 26, Niger President Mohamed Bazum and his wife were detained by their own bodyguards. Then the country’s Armed Forces stopped the work of all government agencies and imposed a curfew.
Former leader of the rebels estimated Mass blood was shed in Niger with foreign intervention.