Mohamed Bazoum's doctor visits him in a basement prison amid fears for his health after military coup.
Niger's president is in "good spirits" despite being held in "difficult" conditions by the junta that deposed him, his doctor has said after a visit.
"Living conditions remain difficult, with the electricity still cut off," the doctor was reported as saying by French public radio station RFI.RFI said it was the first outside contact the president had had since he was overthrown. "The doctor was able to talk to the Head of State, as well as his wife and son," RFI reported. "All are well, he said. The doctor was also able to bring them food and medicines."The decision by the junta, led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani, to bring in the family's doctor appears to be in response to widespread condemnation of the president's detention since the coup.
It mirrored similar military takeovers in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali, amid an Islamist insurgency and a growing Russian influence in the wider Sahel region through its mercenary group Wagner.stating that he was a hostage and that the coup would have "devastating consequences for our country, our region and the entire world".
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