On 26 July 2023, members of the presidential guard led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, and the army leadership soon backed them. They formed the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland. Bazoum had been elected in 2021 in the first democratic transfer of power in the country's history. The West African bloc ECOWAS imposed sanctions and threatened military intervention but did not carry it out. France, which had troops in Niger as part of counterterrorism cooperation, withdrew them by the end of 2023, and the new authorities turned toward Russia. Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, all under military rule, formed the Alliance of Sahel States and left ECOWAS.
Before and after
- from 3 July 2023 to 5 July 2023July 2023 Jenin incursion
- 5 July 2023Launch of Threads
- 14 July 2023Launch of Chandrayaan-3
- 17 July 2023July 2023 Crimean Bridge explosion
- 26 July 20232023 Nigerien coup d'état
- 10 August 2023Launch of Luna 25
- 23 August 20232023 Wagner Group plane crash
- 23 August 2023Chandrayaan-3 lands near the lunar south pole
- September 2023Storm Daniel
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