The government of the United States, on Tuesday formally declared that the military in Niger Republic had staged a coup, cutting off more than $500m (£407m) in aid from the West African country.
Africa Today News, New York reports in July, the army ousted President Mohamed Bazoum – an ally of Western nations in the fight against jihadist insurgents.
Under US law, a formal designation of a coup requires that aid is suspended.
According to the US State Department, support for Niger will only continue if the coup leaders install a democratic government.
Washington will reportedly continue to station soldiers in Niger for the time being.
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A US official said the troops were no longer actively helping Nigerien forces but would continue to monitor threats from jihadists.
Earlier France began withdrawing its troops.
Recall that, Attorney’s for Niger’s ousted President has declared that they are filing a legal case in the West African country against those behind the coup that deposed the democratically elected leader.
The lawyers for Mohamed Bazoum, who was overthrown on the 26th of July and has since been detained, also said in a statement they were appealing to the UN Human Rights Council.
The complaint, which was sighted by Africa Today News, New York, is aimed at new strongman General Abdourahamane Tiani and ‘all others.’
It constitutes a civil action and alleges ‘attack and conspiracy against state authority, crimes and offenses committed by civil servants and arbitrary arrests and confinements.’
It is expected to be lodged in the next few days with a court in the capital Niamey, one of the lawyers, Dominique Inchauspe, told reporters.
The lawyers also said they were appealing to two bodies of the UN Human Rights Council including its working group on arbitrary detention.