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TOPSHOT - This video frame grab image obtained by AFP from ORTN - Télé Sahel on July 28, 2023 shows General Abdourahamane Tiani, Niger's new strongman, speaking on national television and reads a statement as "President of the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland", after the ouster of President-elect Mohamed Bazoum. The chief of the Presidential Guard justifies the coup by evoking "the continued deterioration of the security situation" in the country, as well as "poor economic and social governance". (Photo by ORTN - Télé Sahel / AFP) (Photo by -/ORTN - Télé Sahel/AFP via Getty Images)