00:00 Welcome back.
00:01 On Thursday, the leaders of the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland in Niger
00:05 have appointed the new transitional government, inaugurating 21 ministers and Ali Lamin Zayn
00:12 as the prime minister.
00:13 The decree was signed by General Abdur Rahman Chani, who is at the head of the council after
00:18 the military coup.
00:20 The text states the executive is made up of civilian and military figures.
00:24 In fact, Lamin Zayn was minister of economy in a previous government and has no military
00:29 ties.
00:30 The decree of this transitional government coincides with the meeting of the leaders
00:34 of the Economic Community of East African States, ECOWAS, in Nigeria.
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