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The United States says it still held out hope for reversing Niger's coup but was "realistic" as it condemned military leaders' refusal to let in a West African mission. "We do still have hope, but we were also very realistic," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, a day after acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland paid an unannounced visit to Niger that made no clear progress. SOUNDBITE
Military personnel can be seen outside the entrance of Niger's national television station in Niamey as the president, Mohamed Bazoum, remains detained by the presidential guard. IMAGES
Images of the streets of Niamey as President Mohamed Bazoum is detained by guards according to a source close to Bazoum. The roads appear calm and traffic normal. IMAGES
Liberian President George Weah announces a state of emergency and a lockdown of four states, including Montserrado, where the capital Monrovia is located, in order to contain the spread of coronavirus. New cases have been registered in the past days in this country still recovering from the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis. IMAGES
Turkey has released Serkan Golge, a NASA scientist with dual US-Turkish citizenship whose nearly three-year detention has soured relations between the NATO allies, according to State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus. SOUNDBITE
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