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Situation in Niger 'not stabilised yet' as security forces deploy around airport
Soldiers shooting at their own junta and the official word is 'not stabilised yet.' That's the sound of a coup eating itself from the inside.
A group of soldiers in Niger rebelled against officers at a key military base and fired at sensitive locations in the capital, Niamey, in an apparent mutiny marked by gunfire and explosions, authorities said Saturday, in what was seen as a major threat to the country's struggling junta. FRANCE 24's Wassim Nasr brings you this analysis.
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