2023-07-31 13:54:47
5:00 p.m.: “no lethal means” were used by French forces in the attack on the French Embassy
French security forces did not use lethal means to respond to the attack on the French embassy in Niamey on Sunday, said in a joint statement from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
4:29 p.m .: Niger’s debt issuance canceled due to sanctions
The political turmoil following the military coup shifted to the financial sector as sources claimed the regional central bank canceled a bond issue of 30 billion CFA francs (regarding 45 million euros) by Niger scheduled for Monday in the West African regional debt market.
The move comes following sanctions were imposed by the African Union (AU), European Union (EU) and other powers.
2:17 p.m .: Mohamed Bazoum’s party denounces “unreasonable arrests”, including those of ministers
“After the kidnapping of the President of the Republic”, Mohamed Bazoum, “the putschists are returning to the charge and multiplying the abusive arrests”, denounced the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS).
Monday morning, the Minister of Oil, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou – son of the former president Mahamadou Issoufou – then the Minister of Mines, Ousseini Hadizatou, were arrested.
12:37 p.m .: France has “no other objective” than the safety of its nationals in Niger, indicates the Quai d’Orsay
The France has “no other objective” than the safety of its nationals in Niger, said the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Our priority is the safety of our nationals and our lands, which cannot be the object of violence, in accordance with international law. We have no other objective than that”, indicated the Quai d’ Orsay in a statement to Archyde.com.
12:04 p.m .: Germany suspends development aid and budget support to Niger
Berlin announced, like Paris two days ago, the suspension of its development aid and budget support to Niger following the military coup once morest elected President Mohamed Bazoum.
“We have suspended all direct support payments to the government of Niger,” German Foreign Ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer told a regular press briefing in Berlin.
11:47 am: the Kremlin calls for “restraint” and a return to “legality”
The Kremlin called on “all parties for restraint” in Niger and a return to “legality”. “What is happening there is a matter of serious concern,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. .
9:30 am: the putschists accuse France of wanting to “intervene militarily”
The putschists accused France of “wanting to intervene militarily”the day following a summit of the West African neighbors of Niger threatening to use “force” if Mohamed Bazoum was not reinstated by Sunday. The Quai d’Orsay, for its part, claimed to have “no other objective” than “the security” of French nationals and companies.
July 30 Essentials
The leaders of West African countries, meeting on Sunday in Abuja for a “special summit”, gave a one-week ultimatum to the putschists in Niger to restore constitutional order, claiming not to rule out a “use of force”. The suspension of “all commercial and financial transactions” was also decided. In the followingmath, the Chadian transitional president, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, arrived in Niamey to “see what he can bring to the settlement of the crisis”.
Finally, on the set of France 24, Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, the Prime Minister of Niger, affirmed that the elected president Mohamed Bazoum, kidnapped for four days by his presidential guard, “is doing well” and that he “has morale” following the military coup.
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