Niger: Mohamed Bazoum, Rais aliyeondolewa madarakani kushitakiwa kwa Uhaini

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Wanajeshi walionyakua mamlaka nchini Niger katika mapinduzi ya Julai 26 wamesema jana Jumapili jioni kwamba Rais aliyeondolewa madarakani Mohamed Bazoum anaweza kufunguliwa mashitaka kwa uhaini.

Viongozi hao wa mapinduzi wamemfunga Bazoum na kuvunja serikali iliyochaguliwa, kitendo ambacho kimelaaniwa na mataifa yenye nguvu ya Afrika Magharibi, ambayo yameanzisha kikosi cha kijeshi ambacho kinaweza kuingilia kati kurejesha Bazoum.

Kanali Amadou Abdramane, msemaji wa utawala huo wa kijeshi, alisema kupitia televisheni ya serikali kwamba "wamekusanya vipengele muhimu kumfungulia mashitaka rais aliyeondolewa madarakani ... kwa uhaini mkubwa na kudhoofisha usalama wa ndani na nje wa Niger."

Jumuiya kuu ya kanda ya Afrika Magharibi ECOWAS inatarajiwa siku ya Jumatatu kushinikiza mazungumzo zaidi na serikali ya kijeshi, ambayo imeonyesha nia ya uwezekano wa kupata azimio la kidiplomasia juu ya mzozo wa mapinduzi hayo.

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NIAMEY, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The junta that seized power in Niger in a July 26 coup said late on Sunday that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum could be prosecuted for high treason.

The coup leaders have imprisoned Bazoum and dissolved the elected government, drawing condemnation from West African powers, which have activated a standby military force that could intervene to reinstate Bazoum.

Colonel Amadou Abdramane, a spokesperson for the junta, said on state TV that it had "assembled the necessary elements to prosecute the ousted president ... for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger."

West Africa's main regional bloc ECOWAS is expected on Monday to push for more talks with the junta, which has signalled a potential willingness to find a diplomatic resolution to the standoff over the coup.

The bloc's parliament on Saturday said it wanted to send a committee to meet the junta in Niamey. The proposed timing for this mission was not immediately clear.

The Peace and Security Council of the 55-nation African Union is also expected to meet on Monday to discuss the situation in Niger, a sign of the level of concern over the possible fallout from West and Central Africa's seventh coup in three years.

At stake is not just the fate of Niger - a major uranium producer and Western ally in the fight against an Islamist insurgency - but also the influence of rival global powers with strategic interests in the region.

Writing by Anait Miridzhanian and Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Alexander Winning and Lincoln Feast

Reuters
 
Ukistaajabu ya akina Mdude utayaona ya Rais wa Niger

Jeshi la Niger limemshtaki Rais liliyempindua kwamba alikuwa Mhaini

Jeshi limesema Rais huyo alikuwa anatoa siri za nchi kwa Mabeberu wa Magharibi

Dunia Ngumu sana

Source: Al jazeera

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Niger's military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining national security.

This is the latest sign that the junta intends to resist international pressure to return power to Mr Bazoum.

He has been held in the basement of his palace since the military staged a coup about three weeks ago.

Mr Bazoum was in "good spirits" despite being held in "difficult" conditions, his doctor said after a visit.

Saturday's visit was approved amid growing international demands for Mr Bazoum's release.

But in a sign that it is hardening its position, the junta said in a statement read out on state TV that it had gathered evidence to prosecute "the deposed president and his local and foreign accomplices for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger".

It did not give further details.

Mr Bazoum, 63, is being held captive with his wife and son and there were growing concerns about their health.

Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of the presidential guards unit, declared himself Niger's new ruler on 26 July after overthrowing him.

The West African regional bloc Ecowas has threatened military action to reverse the coup, but it has so far failed to follow through on its threat.

The coup leaders have warned they will defend themselves against any intervention.

Ecowas has also imposed sanctions on the junta, including cutting electricity to Niger. This has caused blackouts in the capital Niamey, and other major cities.

On Saturday, a high-powered delegation of Muslim clerics from neighbouring Nigeria met junta leaders in Niamey in a bid to mediate an end to the crisis.

Junta-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine said he was optimistic that talks with Ecowas would take place in the coming days "to discuss how the sanctions against us will be lifted".

The coup in Niger mirrored similar takeovers in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali, amid an Islamist insurgency and a growing Russian influence in the wider Sahel region through its mercenary group Wagner.

Despite his captivity, Mr Bazoum was able to publish an article in The Washington Post stating that he was a hostage and that the coup would have "devastating consequences for our country, our region and the entire world".

Mr Bazoum is reported to have lost a "worrying" amount of weight, while his 20-year-old son, who has a chronic medical condition, was also reportedly denied care.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk described the conditions of the detention as inhumane, degrading and in violation of international human rights law.

His daughter Zazia, 34, who was on holiday in France during the coup, told the UK-based Guardian newspaper last week that her father, mother and brother had no clean water or electricity and were living on rice and pasta.

Fresh food was rotting in the fridge because there was no power, she said.

Mr Bazoum has been seen once since he was overthrown, in a photo released after he met Chad's leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno.

Mr Déby met both the junta and Mr Bazoum soon after the coup in a failed bid to resolve the crisis.

Source: BBC
 
johnthebaptist said:
Ukistaajabu ya akina Mdude utayaona ya Rais wa Niger

Jeshi la Niger limemshtaki Rais liliyempindua kwamba alikuwa Mhaini

Jeshi limesema Rais huyo alikuwa anatoa siri za nchi kwa Mabeberu wa Magharibi

Dunia Ngumu sana

Source: Al jazeera

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Niger's military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining national security.

This is the latest sign that the junta intends to resist international pressure to return power to Mr Bazoum.

He has been held in the basement of his palace since the military staged a coup about three weeks ago.

Mr Bazoum was in "good spirits" despite being held in "difficult" conditions, his doctor said after a visit.

Saturday's visit was approved amid growing international demands for Mr Bazoum's release.

But in a sign that it is hardening its position, the junta said in a statement read out on state TV that it had gathered evidence to prosecute "the deposed president and his local and foreign accomplices for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger".

It did not give further details.

Mr Bazoum, 63, is being held captive with his wife and son and there were growing concerns about their health.

Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of the presidential guards unit, declared himself Niger's new ruler on 26 July after overthrowing him.

The West African regional bloc Ecowas has threatened military action to reverse the coup, but it has so far failed to follow through on its threat.

The coup leaders have warned they will defend themselves against any intervention.

Ecowas has also imposed sanctions on the junta, including cutting electricity to Niger. This has caused blackouts in the capital Niamey, and other major cities.

On Saturday, a high-powered delegation of Muslim clerics from neighbouring Nigeria met junta leaders in Niamey in a bid to mediate an end to the crisis.

Junta-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine said he was optimistic that talks with Ecowas would take place in the coming days "to discuss how the sanctions against us will be lifted".

The coup in Niger mirrored similar takeovers in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali, amid an Islamist insurgency and a growing Russian influence in the wider Sahel region through its mercenary group Wagner.

Despite his captivity, Mr Bazoum was able to publish an article in The Washington Post stating that he was a hostage and that the coup would have "devastating consequences for our country, our region and the entire world".

Mr Bazoum is reported to have lost a "worrying" amount of weight, while his 20-year-old son, who has a chronic medical condition, was also reportedly denied care.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk described the conditions of the detention as inhumane, degrading and in violation of international human rights law.

His daughter Zazia, 34, who was on holiday in France during the coup, told the UK-based Guardian newspaper last week that her father, mother and brother had no clean water or electricity and were living on rice and pasta.

Fresh food was rotting in the fridge because there was no power, she said.

Mr Bazoum has been seen once since he was overthrown, in a photo released after he met Chad's leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno.

Mr Déby met both the junta and Mr Bazoum soon after the coup in a failed bid to resolve the crisis.

Source: BBC
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This is Africa, mentally damaged beyond repair.
Yaani wao wampindue halafu waliyempindua ndiye wanampa treason?
 
johnthebaptist said:
Ukistaajabu ya akina Mdude utayaona ya Rais wa Niger

Jeshi la Niger limemshtaki Rais liliyempindua kwamba alikuwa Mhaini

Jeshi limesema Rais huyo alikuwa anatoa siri za nchi kwa Mabeberu wa Magharibi

Dunia Ngumu sana

Source: Al jazeera

-----
Niger's military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining national security.

This is the latest sign that the junta intends to resist international pressure to return power to Mr Bazoum.

He has been held in the basement of his palace since the military staged a coup about three weeks ago.

Mr Bazoum was in "good spirits" despite being held in "difficult" conditions, his doctor said after a visit.

Saturday's visit was approved amid growing international demands for Mr Bazoum's release.

But in a sign that it is hardening its position, the junta said in a statement read out on state TV that it had gathered evidence to prosecute "the deposed president and his local and foreign accomplices for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger".

It did not give further details.

Mr Bazoum, 63, is being held captive with his wife and son and there were growing concerns about their health.

Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of the presidential guards unit, declared himself Niger's new ruler on 26 July after overthrowing him.

The West African regional bloc Ecowas has threatened military action to reverse the coup, but it has so far failed to follow through on its threat.

The coup leaders have warned they will defend themselves against any intervention.

Ecowas has also imposed sanctions on the junta, including cutting electricity to Niger. This has caused blackouts in the capital Niamey, and other major cities.

On Saturday, a high-powered delegation of Muslim clerics from neighbouring Nigeria met junta leaders in Niamey in a bid to mediate an end to the crisis.

Junta-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine said he was optimistic that talks with Ecowas would take place in the coming days "to discuss how the sanctions against us will be lifted".

The coup in Niger mirrored similar takeovers in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali, amid an Islamist insurgency and a growing Russian influence in the wider Sahel region through its mercenary group Wagner.

Despite his captivity, Mr Bazoum was able to publish an article in The Washington Post stating that he was a hostage and that the coup would have "devastating consequences for our country, our region and the entire world".

Mr Bazoum is reported to have lost a "worrying" amount of weight, while his 20-year-old son, who has a chronic medical condition, was also reportedly denied care.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk described the conditions of the detention as inhumane, degrading and in violation of international human rights law.

His daughter Zazia, 34, who was on holiday in France during the coup, told the UK-based Guardian newspaper last week that her father, mother and brother had no clean water or electricity and were living on rice and pasta.

Fresh food was rotting in the fridge because there was no power, she said.

Mr Bazoum has been seen once since he was overthrown, in a photo released after he met Chad's leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno.

Mr Déby met both the junta and Mr Bazoum soon after the coup in a failed bid to resolve the crisis.

Source: BBC
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Kibao kimebadilika
 
Kikosi cha Kijeshi cha Niger kilichompindua Rais Mohamed Bazoum kimeeleza mipango hiyo kikidai Mwanasiasa huyo alidhoofisha Usalama wa Taifa.

Uamuzi huo ni sehemu ya kuonesha wanapinga shinikizo la Jumuia za Kimataifa ikiwemo Jumuiya ya Kiuchumi ya Nchi za Afrika Magharibi (ECOWAS) zinazotaka kurudisha madarani Bazoum.

Mwanasiasa huyo anashikiliwa kwa muda wa wiki tatu tangu jeshi lifanye mapinduzi takriban wiki tatu zilizopita ambapo Daktari wake amesema yupo katika Afya nzuri licha ya kuwa chini ya ulinzi.

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Niger coup: Ousted President Bazoum to be charged with high treason, junta says


Niger's military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining national security.

This is the latest sign that the junta intends to resist international pressure to return power to Mr Bazoum.

The West African regional bloc Ecowas said it was shocked to learn that the junta wanted to prosecute him.

He has been held in the basement of his palace since the military staged a coup about three weeks ago.

Mr Bazoum was in "good spirits" despite being held in "difficult" conditions, his doctor said after a visit.

Saturday's visit was approved amid growing international demands for Mr Bazoum's release.

The US State Department expressed its dismay that the Niger leader had been charged, with spokesperson Vedant Patel describing the charges as "completely unwarranted and unjustified".

Mr Patel said they would not "contribute to a peaceful resolution of this crisis", and said they were a "further affront, in our opinion, to democracy and justice and to the respect of the rule of law."

But in a sign that it is hardening its position, the junta said in a statement read out on state TV that it had gathered evidence to prosecute "the deposed president and his local and foreign accomplices for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger".

It did not give further details.

Mr Bazoum, 63, is being held captive with his wife and son and there were growing concerns about their health.

Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of the presidential guards unit, declared himself Niger's new ruler on 26 July after overthrowing him.

Ecowas has threatened military action to reverse the coup, but it has so far failed to follow through on its threat.

The coup leaders have warned they will defend themselves against any intervention.

Ecowas has also imposed sanctions on the junta, including cutting electricity to Niger. This has caused blackouts in the capital Niamey, and other major cities.

Ecowas said the move to prosecute Mr Bazoum was a new form of provocation which contradicted the military's reported willingness to find a peaceful solution to the crisis.

On Saturday, a high-powered delegation of Muslim clerics from neighbouring Nigeria met junta leaders in Niamey in a bid to mediate an end to the crisis.

Junta-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine said he was optimistic that talks with Ecowas would take place in the coming days "to discuss how the sanctions against us will be lifted".

The coup in Niger mirrored similar takeovers in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali, amid an Islamist insurgency and a growing Russian influence in the wider Sahel region through its mercenary group Wagner.

Despite his captivity, Mr Bazoum was able to publish an article in The Washington Post stating that he was a hostage and that the coup would have "devastating consequences for our country, our region and the entire world".

Mr Bazoum is reported to have lost a "worrying" amount of weight, while his 20-year-old son, who has a chronic medical condition, was also reportedly denied care.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk described the conditions of the detention as inhumane, degrading and in violation of international human rights law.

His daughter Zazia, 34, who was on holiday in France during the coup, told the UK-based Guardian newspaper last week that her father, mother and brother had no clean water or electricity and were living on rice and pasta.

Fresh food was rotting in the fridge because there was no power, she said.

The deputy director at Human Rights Watch Africa, Carine Kaneza Nantulya, also told the BBC that they were concerned the charges may be politically motivated.

"In terms of the potential charge that has been talked about we're also concerned that this might be a politically motivated charge, given the length and the nature of President Bazoum's detention and the other co-detainees", she added.


Source: BBC
 
johnthebaptist said:
Ukistaajabu ya akina Mdude utayaona ya Rais wa Niger

Jeshi la Niger limemshtaki Rais liliyempindua kwamba alikuwa Mhaini

Jeshi limesema Rais huyo alikuwa anatoa siri za nchi kwa Mabeberu wa Magharibi

Dunia Ngumu sana

Source: Al jazeera

-----
Niger's military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining national security.

This is the latest sign that the junta intends to resist international pressure to return power to Mr Bazoum.

He has been held in the basement of his palace since the military staged a coup about three weeks ago.

Mr Bazoum was in "good spirits" despite being held in "difficult" conditions, his doctor said after a visit.

Saturday's visit was approved amid growing international demands for Mr Bazoum's release.

But in a sign that it is hardening its position, the junta said in a statement read out on state TV that it had gathered evidence to prosecute "the deposed president and his local and foreign accomplices for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger".

It did not give further details.

Mr Bazoum, 63, is being held captive with his wife and son and there were growing concerns about their health.

Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of the presidential guards unit, declared himself Niger's new ruler on 26 July after overthrowing him.

The West African regional bloc Ecowas has threatened military action to reverse the coup, but it has so far failed to follow through on its threat.

The coup leaders have warned they will defend themselves against any intervention.

Ecowas has also imposed sanctions on the junta, including cutting electricity to Niger. This has caused blackouts in the capital Niamey, and other major cities.

On Saturday, a high-powered delegation of Muslim clerics from neighbouring Nigeria met junta leaders in Niamey in a bid to mediate an end to the crisis.

Junta-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine said he was optimistic that talks with Ecowas would take place in the coming days "to discuss how the sanctions against us will be lifted".

The coup in Niger mirrored similar takeovers in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali, amid an Islamist insurgency and a growing Russian influence in the wider Sahel region through its mercenary group Wagner.

Despite his captivity, Mr Bazoum was able to publish an article in The Washington Post stating that he was a hostage and that the coup would have "devastating consequences for our country, our region and the entire world".

Mr Bazoum is reported to have lost a "worrying" amount of weight, while his 20-year-old son, who has a chronic medical condition, was also reportedly denied care.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk described the conditions of the detention as inhumane, degrading and in violation of international human rights law.

His daughter Zazia, 34, who was on holiday in France during the coup, told the UK-based Guardian newspaper last week that her father, mother and brother had no clean water or electricity and were living on rice and pasta.

Fresh food was rotting in the fridge because there was no power, she said.

Mr Bazoum has been seen once since he was overthrown, in a photo released after he met Chad's leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno.

Mr Déby met both the junta and Mr Bazoum soon after the coup in a failed bid to resolve the crisis.

Source: BBC
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Kuna vitu vingine kuvifikiria kazi mno
Saa raisi anatoaje siri?
 
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