The Niger coup
The last Western security partner in the central Sahel falls to its own presidential guard.
- When
- Known to
- ± 12 hours
- Era
- Contemporary, Holocene
- Where
- Niamey, Niger · 13.5116° N, 2.1254° E
Mohamed Bazoum was detained by his guard on 26 July 2023, completing a run of coups across Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad and Niger. France withdrew its troops and the United States gave up a 110-million-dollar drone base at Agadez; Russian forces arrived. Jihadist violence in the Sahel has risen since, and the region now accounts for over half of all deaths from terrorism worldwide.