Bazoum's removal heightened international worries over the region, which faces growing jihadist insurgencies linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230923-niger-junta-accuses-un-chief-of-obstructing-their-participation-in-general-assembly

It is also battling two jihadist insurgencies -- a spillover in southeastern Niger from a long-running campaign in neighbouring Nigeria, and an offensive in the southwest of the country by militants crossing from Mali and Burkina Faso.

Source: https://www.news24.com/news24/africa/news/niger-military-regime-strips-french-envoy-of-diplomatic-immunity-tell-police-to-throw-him-out-20230831

‘Some of them are complete cretins – all the mistakes that were made before were repeated,’ said Igor Girkin, a Russian former intelligence officer who helped stage the pro-Moscow 2014 insurgencies in Donetsk and Crimea.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11746903/Putins-marine-brigade-5-000-men-destroyed-brutal-battle.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Subsequently, insecurity, mostly terrorism and insurgencies, increased in sub-Saharan Africa, around the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin.

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/coup-in-africa-bad-governance-fraudulent-electoral-process-behind-military-rule-resurgence-in-africa-experts/

The attack targeted the base and airport believed to be part of the “Russian camp” stationed in the region to fight against the jihadist insurgencies.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1761426/wagner-group-decimated-mali-militia

The upheaval has raised concerns about the security of a region where Niger has been a key ally of Western powers seeking to contain insurgencies by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/07/28/niger-military-council-takes/