2023 Nigerien coup d'état

2023 Nigerien coup d'etat
Date	26–28 July 2023
Location	Niamey, Niger
Result	Coup d'état successful Mahamadou government deposed; Constitution of Niger suspended; Military junta formed; Borders closed; curfew declared; Airspace closed; President Mohamed Bazoum refuses to resign while detained at the Presidential Palace; General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed head of a transitional government; The junta declared a new government, naming 21 ministers led by Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine; Significant unrest throughout Niamey; Start of Nigerien crisis;
Belligerents
Government of Niger; PNDS-Tarayya;	National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland; M62 Movement;
Commanders and leaders
Mohamed Bazoum; Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou; Hassoumi Massaoudou; Hamadou Souley;	Abdourahamane Tchiani; Amadou Abdramane; Salifou Modi; Abdou Sidikou Issa; Moussa Salaou Barmou;
Units involved
Niger Army loyal to Bazoum	Presidential Guard; Niger Army; National Guard of Niger;
Strength
Western estimate: at least 5,000 ECOWAS stand-by force	30,000
Political support
ECOWAS; European Union; United States; African Union; United Nations;	Burkina Faso; Mali; Guinea; Russia; Wagner Group; IPOB
Casualties and losses
At least 1 civilian supporter injured	Several civilian supporters injured

On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger when the country's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum, and Presidential Guard commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a new military junta, shortly after confirming the coup a success.

This was the fifth military coup d'état since the country gained independence from France in 1960, and the first since 2010. The coup was condemned by the United States and France, and by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, the latter of which threatened military intervention against the junta, leading to the 2023 Nigerien crisis.

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