African Union calls treatment of detained Niger President ‘unacceptable’

The African Union on Friday expressed “deep concern” at the reported poor conditions of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum’s detention, calling his treatment at the hands of coup leaders “unacceptable”. “Such treatment of a democratically elected president through a regular electoral process is unacceptable,” AU Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat said in a statement, joining a … Continue reading African Union calls treatment of detained Niger President ‘unacceptable’