Niger agrees Algerian mediation to resolve post-coup crisis

A boy holds a national flag as supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland gather to protest ouside the Niger and French airbase to demand the departure of the French army from Niger, in Niamey on September 16, 2023. © AFP

Niger's coup leaders have accepted Algeria's offer of mediation to resolve the country's political crisis following the overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum, who is filing a legal case against the putschists.

According to an announcement from Algeria's foreign ministry, Niger's military has agreed to a six-month transition plan to restore "the constitutional order".