The 2023 Nigerien coup d'etat occurred on 26 July 2023 when the Niger's presidential guard detained Mohamed Bazoum, president of country located in Africa, which is Niger. The guard's commander's, who is Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) military junta, which since have been ruling Niger since the democratically elected president have been since detained by the guard.
In 2021, Mohamed Bazoum became Niger's first democratically-elected president to assume office from a similarly elected predecessor, surviving a coup attempt two days before his inauguration. However, the "coup belt" of West Africa was rocked with instability in ensuing years; 2021 saw coups in Guinea, Mali, and Sudan, while Burkina Faso experienced two coups in 2022. Rising costs of living and perceptions of government incompetence and corruption fueled popular desires for a coup against Bazoum, as did military failures against al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and Boko Haram in spite of support from the United States, France, and Turkey. By 2022, a series of coups in the Sahel left Bazoum as one of the few remaining pro-Western leaders in the region, and anti-French and "anti-imperialist" sentiment within Niger led to many Nigeriens growing sympathetic towards Russia and its Wagner Group.
On 26 July 2023, the Nigerien presidency's Twitter account announced that presidential guards under General Abdourahamane Tchiani engaged in an "anti-republican demonstration" to obtain the support of the other security forces, and the guard arrested Bazoum and his family at the presidential palace, as well as Interior Minister Hamadou Souley. The coup occurred just two days after Bazoum decided to remove Tchiani from command of the guard. Up to 400 civilian supporters of Bazoum were dispersed by the presidential guard as they attempted to approach the palace, and the Niger Armed Forces proceeded to surround the palace and besiege the mutinous presidential guards. However, Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane went on state television to announce Bazoum's removal from power and the creation of a National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), while justifying the coup by blaming it on the deteriorating security situation and bad governance. The junta announced the dissolution of the constitution, the suspension of state institutions and political parties, the closure of the country's borders, and a curfew, while warning against any foreign intervention. Bazoum continued to refuse to step down while imprisoned, and he managed to contact French President Emmanuel Macron, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, African Union commissioner Moussa Faki, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. On 27 July, Army Chief of Staff Abdou Sidikou Issa declared his support for the coup to save Bazoum's life and avert a bloodbath. That same day, 1,000 supporters of the junta flew Russian flags, voiced support for the Wagner Group, denounced the presence of French and other foreign troops on Nigerien soil, stoned the PNDS headquarters, protested in front of the National Assembly, and later attacked the French embassy. On 30 July, ECOWAS issued an ultimatum, demanding that Bazoum be reinstated as president within one week, or else ECOWAS would use force to reinstate the overthrown government. On 1 August 2023, France evacuated its citizens and other European citizens, while the dictatorships of Burkina Faso and Mali said in a joint statement that any military intervention against Niger would be considered war on them, siding with their fellow pro-Russian regime.