On Thursday, February 18th a coup took place in Niger in which President Mamadou Tandja was captured after a gun battle in the capital, Niamey, led by led by Col. Abdoulaye Adamou Harouna (who was was the former aide-de-camp of Niger's previous coup leader Maj. Daouda Mallam Wanke).
El jueves 18 de febrero, tuvo lugar un golpe de estado en Níger, que terminó con la captura del presidente Mamadou Tandja después de un tiroteo en la capital, Niamey, encabezado por el Coronel Abdoulaye Adamou Harouna (ex asesor de campo del líder del anterior golpe de estado, el Mayor Daouda Mallam Wanke).