Niger reopens borders with five countries after coup
Niamey, The Gulf Observer: Niger’s land and air borders with five neighbouring countries have been reopened, nearly a week after they were closed following a coup that overthrew elected President Mohamed Bazoum, one of the soldiers has announced on national television.
“The land and air borders with Algeria, Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali and Chad are reopened” from “today”, he declared on Tuesday, hours after the first French evacuation flight took off and five days before a deadline to restore constitutional order issued by a bloc of West African countries.
In the region’s third military takeover in as many years, President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by his own guard, sounding alarm bells in the region and beyond.
