Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the West African nation’s constitution.

Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani is promoted to the highest rank in the army, and dissolves all political parties.

Abdourahamane Tchiani, who leads Niger's junta, has been sworn in as president for a five-year transitional term, under a newly established charter that replaces the previous constitution of the West African nation.