The junta’s announcement on state television late Thursday deepens the post-coup isolation for what had been the United States’ and allies’ last major security partner in the Sahel.
With two days remaining before a deadline set by the West African regional bloc to release and reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum or face possible force, Bazoum in a plea published in a Washington Post opinion piece said, “I write this as a hostage” and urged the US and partners to help.
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The military leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given up its intention to use force against Niger where insurgents seized power in a state coup, the Al Arabiya TV Channel reported on Friday, citing a statement by the regional bloc’s defense ministers.
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