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Niger: We’ll Hand Over In 3 Years – General Tchiani - Daily Trust
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They pinky-promise. No really.
I wonder in there are any military coups that ever left their position of power voluntarily
Yes in fact it has happened in this very same country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Council_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy
The difference here is that president was attempting to become an autocrat while the only charges I’ve seen levied against Bazoum are vague mentions of “treason”. I can understand if the president is unpopular that this coup might have quite a few supporters but that’s what elections are for.
Egypt, 1952 and 2013. Turkey had a few military coups between 1960 and 2000, but they weren't really successful in establishing a free democracy. Probably others.