Niger Junta Regains Control as Gunshots, Explosions Rock Presidential Palace, Airport in Failed Coup
*Report: Russia helps junta to retake military base
Sunday Ehigiator
Niger Republic’s ruling junta yesterday said that it “gradually took back control” after mutinying soldiers attacked key sites around the capital including the presidential palace, after the city was rocked by hours of heavy gunfire.
Reports claimed the members of Niger’s presidential guard, helped by Russian forces, recaptured a key military base in the capital, Niamey, from the mutinous soldiers.
