This development occurs two months after General Abdourahamane Tchiani took the oath as Niger’s President at the ‘National Conference’, embarking on a five-year transitional rule, following the enactment of a new charter that supersede the current constitution.
A proposal at the February conference advocated for the release of former ministers, a diplomat, a journalist, and soldiers.
Additionally, those imprisoned following the July 2023 coup that brought General Tiani, the ex-head of the presidential guard, to power, have also been freed.
However, the ousted former president Mohamed Bazoum remains in detention, despite international demands for his release.
Since taking control two years ago, Niger’s Junta has severed ties with its former colonial power France, expelling both French and American troops from the nation.
Additionally, it has left ECOWAS, opting instead to establish the Alliance of Sahel States or AES, alongside military leaders in Burkina Faso and Mali.
