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NIAMEY: Presidential guards were holding Niger President Mohamed Baz­oum inside his palace in the capital Niamey on Wednesday in what neighbouring countries called an attempted coup, but which the presidency desc­ribed as an “anti-republican” movement “in vain”. West Africa’s main regional and economic bloc ECOWAS said it was concerned about an attempted coup d’etat and called on the plotters to …

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