junta

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They are in an area controlled by the DKBA, one of the militias allied to the military junta.

From BBC

In recent weeks the junta has arrested civilians accused of disrupting the vote, including one man who authorities said had sent out anti-election messages on Facebook.

From BBC

By the time the bloc had threatened intervention and begun to plan it, the chance had gone: the new junta had consolidated control over the Nigérien army and mobilised popular opinion in its support.

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The junta has also tightened restrictions in the country, banning all demonstrations and "all disturbing actions of peace and stability in the country".

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Since the junta took power in a 2023 coup, Niger has turned to Russia, which commands the world's largest arsenal of atomic weapons, for help in fighting the west African country's jihadist insurgency.

From Barron's