(FILES) President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum delivers a speech during the opening session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit at the Palais Brongniart in Paris on June 22, 2023. The term of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, overthrown in a coup on July 26, 2023, by a military junta that has held him ever since, ends on Thursday, with no immediate prospect of his release or a trial. Mr. Bazoum was sworn in as president on April 2, 2021, after winning the presidential election with 55% of the vote. Since the coup that brought General Abdourahamane Tiani's junta to power, he has consistently refused to resign and remains detained with his wife in a wing of the presidential palace in the capital, Niamey. But for his lawyers, this April 2 date is meaningless, as Mr. Bazoum has been unable to perform his duties since July 2023. "April 2 will not be the end of his term," Moussa Coulibaly, a member of Mohamed Bazoum's legal team, told AFP. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)