Niger - March 2025

On 26 March, Niger’s junta leader Abdourahamane Tchiani was sworn in as transitional president, formalising a "flexible" five-year transition plan recommended by a national conference in February. This plan was codified in a new transition charter– replacing the constitution –which allows for extensions to the transition timeline depending on the security situation. As part of the plan, the junta dissolved all existing political parties and granted amnesty to participants in the 2023 coup. Also on 26 March, Tchiani was exceptionally promoted from brigadier general to army general. On 1 April, authorities announced the release of around 50 detainees, including former ministers from the ousted government, a diplomat, a journalist, and soldiers linked to past coup attempts. Former president Mohamed Bazoum, however, remains in detention despite repeated international appeals for his release.

Sources: African Press Agency, International IDEA, France 24, Jeune Afrique, The Associated Press