On 26 July, nine military officers made a televised address to say they had ousted the democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum. The announcement was made on state television by Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane – who has since been named as the putschist’ Conseil National pour la Sauvegarde de la Patrie (CNSP)’s spokesman – but no coup leader was immediately specified.
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