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Niger coup
Niger's military ousted the president, triggering sanctions and debates over Western military presence.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2023.
Why it matters
It accelerated Sahel realignment and counterterrorism uncertainty.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
Niger's military ousted the president, triggering sanctions and debates over Western military presence.
It accelerated Sahel realignment and counterterrorism uncertainty.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2023-008
- Date or period
- 2023-07-26
- Type
- Coup / geopolitical shift
- Focus
- Military / political
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Priority
- 4 of 5
- Location label
- Niamey, Niger
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Nigerien military; elected government; ECOWAS; France; Russia-linked actors
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 13.5116, 2.1254 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Niger coup.” World Events record 2023-008. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ia.org/world-events/2023/2023-008/