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Niger junta deploys propaganda machine to win popular support

The Niger junta has set up a propaganda machine to rally support among the population in the face of hostility from the West and the regional ECOWAS bloc. To achieve this, it forged alliances with figures hostile to France and the regional organisation. [...]
Published on 11.09.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 6 minutes Fatoumata Diallo
From left to right: Maïkoul Zodi, coordinator of the Niamey office of the TLP movement; the transition president, Abdourhamane Tchiani; Abdoulaye Seydou, coordinator of the M62; and General Salifou Modi.
From left to right: Maïkoul Zodi, coordinator of the Niamey office of the TLP movement; the transition president, Abdourhamane Tchiani; Abdoulaye Seydou, coordinator of the M62; and General Salifou Modi. © Télé Sahel/Operation 2022/SOPA Images/Alamy/Joël Saget/AFP/ke77kz/istock Montage : Studio Pachamama
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Nigerien junta's secret alliances with Bamako and Ouagadougou

Investigative report published on 03/08/2023 at 11h46 - For several days now, the new Nigerien junta has been working to strengthen its ties with its counterparts in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso. Official channels have been open since 26 July, but Africa Intelligence can now reveal that initial contacts were made before the putsch, coordinated by former army chief Salifou Modi.

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Abdourahamane Tchiani and other army commanders, in Niamey, on 28 July 2023.

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