Niger’s Military Junta Forms New Government.

The military leaders in the Republic of Niger who seized power in a coup in July have formed a new government, according to a decree announced on national television earlier today. 

Niger’s Prime Minister ALI MAHAMAN LAMINE ZEINE will lead the 21-member government, with generals from the new military governing council heading the defence and interior ministries. 

Meanwhile, top diplomats from the United Nations, African Union, and the Economic Community of West African States will (today) Thursday storm Abuja, the nation’s capital, to take major decisions at an Extraordinary Summit on political development in the Niger Republic.

Recall that the Niger military junta had disconnected diplomatic ties with Nigeria after the ECOWAS envoy sent to the country to broker peace failed to achieve a result. 

Last month, a military junta toppled Niger’s democratically elected President, Mohamed Bazoum. 

Today, tension has continued to mount in the West African region.