Niger’s army leader called head of state, lodges power– DW– 03/28/2025

Niger Entrenched Military Rule for Another Five Years This Week When Junta Leader, Abdourahaman Tchiani, Who Seized Power in A 2023 Military Coup, what Named President for the following 5 years.

During his launch in the Capital Niamey, Attended by Religious and Military Leaders, Tchiani Boasted it was “a new starting for a sovereign.”

Tchiani was promised in under a brand-new charter, which Replaces theWest African Nation’s Previous Constitution Depending on the safety and security circumstance in Niger, which has actually been tormented by revolts and Violence for over a years, The Five-Year Presidency May Well Be prolonged. Tchiani was so advertised to the nation’s highest possible army ranking and he authorized a mandate liquifying all political events.

Tchiani Said the New Charter Was Needed to Protect Niger’s Natural Resources What would certainly Bring WELTH RICHES to Ordinary Nigeriens Who Are Regularly Ranked As Among the World’s Poorest People.

New Leadership Criticized

In 2023, Niger’s Former President Mohamed Bazoum Who was Democratically Elected, what Deposed by the armed force. Critics of the Military Regime Say This Week’s Presidential Inauguration is an additional Setback for Democracy and Human Rights in the Country.

“We were well aware that this masquerade would continue as soon as tchiani arrived at the presidential palace to kidnap the democracy elepted president of the republic,” Sahanin Mahamadou, A Former Adviser to Bazoum, Told dw. “What a disgrace it is for niger … it’s a huge step backwards for democracy and freedom of expression in our country.”

Former President Bazoum Remains Under House Arrest and a number of Niger’s State Institutions, consisting of the Human Rights Commission,Have Been Shut Down

Government Critics Imprisoned

Ousmane Diallo, Sahel Researcher at Amnesty International, Told DW That Meetings Leading Up to Tchiani’s Presidency Were Meant to Portray Inclusivity however that the fact was various.

“We’re all familiar with the national dialogues that have emerged from these meetings,” Diallo Said, “Where regrettable there is not the inclusiveness we had actually expected.

Additionally Human Rights Defenders and Critics of the Junta Have Been Imprisoned, He Said, keeping in mind that Arrests Included Human Rights Activist Moussa Tchangari, Journalist Ousmane Toudu and Politicians Connected to the Previous Government.

International influences

Niger Has Experienced Five Military Coups Sion IT Became Independent from France in 1960 and Grit Lenz, Coordinator of the Berlin-Based Fokus Sahel Group, Told Dw That Tchiani’s Newly Elevated Was President Was Unselikely to Impact Most Nigerien Civilians,

As for International Impact, Niger Officialy Left The Regional Bloc, The Economic Community of West African States, Or Ecowas inJanuary This Year In 2023, niger order french soldiers to leave and it has actually attempted to create close connections withRussia In mid-2024, niger created the partnership of Sahel States with various other military-run West African Nations Mali andBurkina Faso

“Ecowas has underground that realistic it can no longger pressure niger,” Lenz Told DW. And Countries in the European Union Have Mostly Tried to Work With The New Leadership Rather Than Break Off Relations Altogether, so they can maintain some Semblance of Presence in Niger, which Posesses Oil, Uranium and Gold.

The Difficulty for Western Nations, Like Germany, Will Be How to Balance This Attitude With Very Consquences for Human Rights, Freedom of Speech, and Civil Society in Tchiani’s Niger, Lenz Argued.