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Niger: We’ll Hand Over In 3 Years – General Tchiani - Daily Trust

https://dailytrust.com/niger-well-hand-over-in-3-years-general-tchiani/

By Isiaka Wakili, Abdulyassar Abdulhamid, Joshua Odeyemi, Dalhatu Liman (Abuja) & Salim Umar Ibrahim (Kano)   General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the leader of the Niger Republic junta, on Saturday said that the army would hand over power to a civilian government within the next three years. He also said that in one month’s time, the junta…

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CanadaPlus

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Suure.

alnilam

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They pinky-promise. No really.

I wonder in there are any military coups that ever left their position of power voluntarily

overflow64

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Yes in fact it has happened in this very same country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Council_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy

NOT_RICK

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The difference here is that president was attempting to become an autocrat while the only charges I’ve seen levied against Bazoum are vague mentions of “treason”. I can understand if the president is unpopular that this coup might have quite a few supporters but that’s what elections are for.

SheeEttin

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Egypt, 1952 and 2013. Turkey had a few military coups between 1960 and 2000, but they weren't really successful in establishing a free democracy. Probably others.