NIAMEY, 3 April, 2021 (TON): On Friday, Niger's new president Mohamed Bazoum lashed out at the extremists who have carried out devastating attacks on his country.
He accused them of war crimes.
The inauguration marked the first-ever transition between elected presidents in Niger's six decades of independence from France, a historic moment that has been widely praised.
But the Sahel country's problems were deeply underscored in the run-up to Friday's ceremony, after a string of massacres and an alleged attempted coup just two days before the handover.
Niger is being hit by insurgents, crossing from Mali and Burkina Faso in the west, and by Boko Haram, crossing from Nigeria in the southeast, killing thousands of people and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes.
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