African Union denounces conditions of detention of President Bazoum

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday expressed serious concern about the deterioration of the conditions of detention of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum.

Mr. Faki Mahamat describes as “unacceptable” the treatment of Mohamed Bazoum by the military authorities who overthrew him.

In the same statement, he expresses his firm support for the decisions of ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, which decided on Thursday to deploy a “standby force” to restore constitutional order in Niger.