Niger mutiny suppressed, but questions remain over junta's cohesion

Niger's military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers after a long and confusing day of fighting around the capital Niamey. But many questions remain surrounding the events that posed one of the gravest challenges to the regime of General Abdourahamane Tiani, who himself came to power in a July 2023 coup. Who were the mutineers and what did they want? Was this a simple mutiny or an attempted coup? The mutineers never made a public statement, and little infor