🇳🇪⚡️ - A coup d'état is currently taking place in Niger. The presidential guard, led by General Tchiani, has arrested the Nigerien president and defense minister. The situation is still developing and we await a statement from the putschists.

🇳🇪🇹🇩 - "After [taking] the Presidential Palace, the Republican Guard [a putschist military unit] is heading towards the government building. President Bazoum and the Minister of the Interior are being held by the mutineers. Several ministers have been arrested, including the Minister of Defense. General Omar Tchiani, head of the Presidential Guard and likely leader of this coup has not yet commented. French Army units [in their bases in Niger] are on alert." - Tchad One, a Chadian media outlet.

🇫🇷🇳🇪⚡️- Other sources have confirmed the rumors from Tchad One that French bases in Niger have raised their alert levels as a result of the ongoing coup.

🇳🇪⚡️- Allegations that Nigerien President Bazoum and Presidential Guardsmen are currently "in negotiations." The content of these alleged negotiations is, as yet, unknown.

🇳🇪 - Civilians in Niamey, the capital of Niger, are reporting a calm and stable situation.

If a coup is ongoing, it hasn't left the palace walls.

🇳🇪🇷🇺 - Rumors spreading that Wagner PMC is supporting the pro-coup faction. Whilst these are, as yet, unconfirmed, it is worth noting that Wagner has recently provided the Presidential Guard - the main pro-coup military unit - with training.
With Wagner no longer being on the frontline of the SMO, it is possible that some of their forces have been deployed to Africa to fight French influence there; a long-term goal of the PMC (and of Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and one they recently performed in the Central African Republic.

🇳🇪⚡️- Nigerien policemen on the streets of Niamey.

🇳🇪⚡️- Ministry buildings in Niamey are apparently being blockaded by military vehicles.

⚡️🇳🇪❗️ National Guard is being deployed in Niger, the Army and National Guard is being deployed around the Presidential Palace, according to sources, the army and national guard are not supportive of the coup.

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🇳🇪⚡️- Nigerien presidency has confirmed the coup attempt, stating "presidential guards started an anti-republican movement this morning in vain."

🇳🇪 - Conflicting information from different sources the admins of RN are in contact with about whether forces supporting the Nigerien government will attack pro-coup troops if they don't back down.

The Nigerien presidency has stated they will - the question is whether Nigerien forces on the ground share that sentiment.

🇳🇪🇷🇺⚡️ - One of our sources says that fighters with Wagner-supplied equipment have been seen in Niamey.

🇳🇪⚡️- Reports that an information blackout in Niger may begin soon.

🇳🇪⚡️- A Nigerien transport plane, 5UMBI, apparently used to transport high-level officials, is en route to Niamey.

🇳🇪⚡️- Reports that mediation between the putschists and Bazoum have failed.

🇳🇪⚡️- The Nigerien President's office has retracted its disavowal of the coup attempt, in a potential sign that an agreement may have been reached between the government and putschists.

🇳🇬🇳🇪⚡️- Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has commented on the Nigerien coup, stating "ECOWAS will not accept any action that impedes the smooth functioning of legitimate authority in Niger."

🇳🇪⚡️- The Nigerien Army has allegedly refused to side with the putschists and has issued an ultimatum to them.

🇳🇪⚡️- The putschists have apparently taken control of Nigerien national television.

🇳🇪⚡️- Unconfirmed screenshot from a television broadcast in Niger.