NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger has arrested some 40 armed opposition supporters on suspicion of attempting to destabilise the West African nation in order to incite the army to stage a coup, the country's interior minister said.
Political tensions have risen in Niger since August after a reshaping of President Mahamadou Issoufou's ruling coalition that saw National Assembly leader Hama Amadou and his Nigerien Democratic Movement (Moden) party enter the opposition.
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