Former Rebel Leader Launches Group to Oppose Junta: Niger
In a statement released Wednesday, Rhissa Ag Boula said his group, the Council of the Resistance for the Republic , will aim to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been in detention at his residence since members of the presidential guard took power on July 26.
Meanwhile, Bazoum's party said Wednesday that the president and his family are running out of food and have been living without electricity and running water for a week. An adviser told the Associated Press that the family has only rice and canned goods left to eat. On Tuesday, Niger's military junta rejected a proposed diplomatic mission from West African states, the African Union and the United Nations. The junta leaders said a"climate of threatened aggression" made it impossible to hold talks on ending the constitutional crisis in Niger.
ECOWAS has threatened to use force to reinstate Bazoum but a deadline on Sunday for Niger's military to stand down passed without any military intervention.
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