Finance Ministers of Niger, Ali Lamine Zeine (R), Senegal's Abdoulaye D (C) and Botswana's Baledzi Gaolathe (L) hold a news conference during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund Building in Washington, DC, April 12, 2008. IMF Staff Photograph/Ryan Rayburn

Niger coup leaders form new govt

tmaq August 10, 2023

Niger coup leaders form new govt

The military leaders in Niger who seized power in a coup last month have formed a new government, according to a decree read out on national television on Thursday.

Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine will lead the 21-member government, with generals from the new military governing council heading the defence and interior ministries.

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