Niger junta says it foiled ousted president Mohamed Bazoum’s escape plot

SENEGAL, Dakar — Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president called for his immediate release Friday, a day after the ruling military junta said it had thwarted an overnight attempt by the president to escape house arrest with his family nearly three months after he was detained in the wake of a coup. Mohamed Bazoum, his wife and son are being held without access to lawyers or the outside world…

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