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Soldiers in Niger announce coup as guards take president hostage

A group of army-backed soldiers in Niger say they have overthrown the country's democratically elected president and seized power. The president's own guards have reportedly taken him hostage, citing poor national security and a struggling economy. Ebenezer Obadare, a senior fellow for Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joined CBS News to talk about the situation.
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