Niger’s ousted president ‘running low on food’ under house arrest after coup

Niger’s ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is under house arrest (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)

Niger’s deposed president is running out of food and experiencing other increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, an adviser has told The Associated Press.

President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African nation’s democratically elected leader, has been held at the presidential palace in Niamey with his wife and son since mutinous soldiers moved against him on July 26.