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). 
Alhamisi Februari 18 mapinduzi ya kijeshi yalifanyika nchini Niger ambayo kwayo Rais Mamadou Tandja alikamatwa baada ya mapambano ya bunduki katika mji mkuu, Niamey, yaliyoongozwa na Kanali Abdoulaye Adamou Harouna (Amabaye alikuwa mpambe wa aliyekuwa kiongozi wa mapinduzi ya kijeshi yaliyopita Meja Daouda Mallam Wanke).