NIAMEY - A West African delegation has failed to secure the return to power of Niger's elected government as the junta moved to break military cooperation with former colonial power France.
NIAMEY - A West African delegation has failed to secure the return to power of Niger's elected government as the junta moved to break military cooperation with former colonial power France.
Regional military chiefs are in Nigeria's capital Abuja to discuss the possibility of such an intervention."Any aggression or attempted aggression against the State of Niger will see an immediate and unannounced response from the Niger Defence and Security Forces on one of members," one of the putschists said in a statement read on national television.
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