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  • 8/2/2023
The military junta, called the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland (CNSP) of Niger, announced the reopening of air and land borders with five neighboring countries for the first time after the military coup against the government of President Mohamed Bazoum. teleSUR
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00:00 Nijab's military junta announced on Tuesday night the reopening of its borders with five
00:04 neighboring nations.
00:06 The coup leader, General Abderrahman Tshini, declared on national television that he had
00:11 taken the decision by decree to reopen the border crossings with Algeria, False Burkina,
00:17 Chad, Libya and Mali from Tuesday.
00:19 Shani appeared last Wednesday night for the first time since the coup d'état to announce
00:24 the removal from power of the Nigerian president, Mohamed Bassem, and the closure of the country's
00:29 borders hours after the presidential guards detained the president.
00:34 This action was motivated by the deepening economic and security crisis in the country,
00:39 which is facing an increase in the operations of the branches of the terrorist groups Islamic
00:43 State and al-Qaeda.
00:44 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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