Since 2020, there have been seven military coups in the region. The coup was spearheaded by a General Omar Chiani, head of Niger's presidential guard. They're basically Niger's version of our Secret Service, or Rome's Ratorian Guard. Their main job is to protect the president and prevent exactly the kind of military coup we're seeing now.
A coup d’etat in the West African nation of Niger is threatening to drag more than a dozen nations into war. We examine the geopolitical importance of the African nation and how the unfolding chaos there could affect the rest of the world. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.