Children Of Niger’s Detained President Plead For His Release – Barron’s

"We are calling on the national and international community to mobilise and put an end to our ordeal and that of our parents," wrote Lucas, Zazia, Hinda, Haoua, and Salem Bazoum in the publication Jeune Afrique on Wednesday.

The children of Niger’s detained President Mohamed Bazoum, ousted in a 2023 coup, called on the international community Wednesday to secure the release of their parents.

Elected in 2021, Bazoum, 65, has never resigned and with his wife Hadiza, 57, has been confined to a wing of the presidential palace where the junta leader behind his ouster also resides.

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