UN voices fears for Niger’s ex-president, who is ‘running out of food’

Mohamed Bazoum has been held at the presidential palace since the coup that deposed him

The US has expressed deep concern for Niger's deposed president after his party said he and his family were running out of food and living under increasingly dire conditions.

President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African nation's democratically elected leader, has been held at the presidential palace in Niamey with his wife and son since mutinous soldiers moved against him on July 26.