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Decision opens door for military government to prosecute democratically elected president for alleged ‘high treason’.
The top court in military-governed Niger has lifted the immunity of the country’s deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, paving the way for a possible trial nearly a year after he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers.
Abdou Dan Galadima, president of the State Court, the country’s highest legal authority that was created in November by the military government, announced the decision on Friday.
The military authorities had initiated the legal proceedings earlier this year,…
