Bazoum struggles to emancipate himself from predecessor Issoufou
President Mohamed Bazoum and his predecessor Mahamadou Issoufou have been friends and comrades-in-arms for more than three decades. They remain on good terms, but behind the scenes the ex-president continues to have a major say in the running of the country despite Bazoum's efforts to replace Issoufou loyalists with his own in top state jobs.