Niger: Security Council strongly condemns ‘efforts to unconstitutionally change’ Government

The members of the

strongly condemned the efforts to unconstitutionally change the legitimate government of the Republic of Niger on 26 July 2023. 

Earlier this week, the demand to release the President of Niger was voiced by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Late on Wednesday, a group of Nigerien military officers made a television announcement declaring a coup, after members of the president’s own guard…