New Delhi, April 5 -- On April 2, Niger's President-elect Mohamed Bazoum was sworn-in during a ceremony. A couple of days before the swearing-in, the Niger Military claimed it thwarted a coup. Residents in the capital Niamey earlier reported hearing gunfire in the middle of the night in the district where the Presidency is located. "In short video clips posted on social networks, only several seconds in length, sporadic bursts of gunfire could be heard in the pitch dark. On the night of March 30-31, an attempted coup was thwarted," Niger Military said in a statement, condemning "this cowardly and regressive act which sought to threaten democracy and the state of law". Government Spokesman Abdourahamane Zakaria said several people had been...