Niger tribunal grants ousted president’s son provisional release from house arrest
NIGER'S military tribunal granted the son of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, Mohamed Bazoum Salem, provisional release from house arrest in the capital Niamey, it said in a statement. Salem, 23, has been in detention at the presidential residence with his parents since his father was toppled during a military coup in July. The coup, one of eight in West and Central Africa since 2020, was widely condemned, led to sanctions from the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), and prompted widespread calls for Bazoum's release and a return to democratic rule. The tribunal did not provide details on the…