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Niger journalist: I lie awake at night fearing they will arrest me

2023-08-26 10:12
Daily life since the coup is a struggle, says a BBC journalist whose identity we are protecting.
Niger journalist: I lie awake at night fearing they will arrest me

My country Niger is never normally "front page news" but that all changed on 26 July.

Rumours started to circulate that there had been a coup at the presidential palace. I immediately got to work, tapping up contacts, trying to establish the facts.

I didn't have to wait long - that same night...