Ecowas has given the junta until Sunday to reinstate ousted president Mohamed Bazoum. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Coup leaders in Guinea, Burkina Faso and Mali have expressed support for Niger’s junta, and other countries have their own security challenges.Security analysts say the details of a big operation could take weeks to pull together, and that an invasion carries huge risk, including getting caught up in a drawn-out conflict and destabilising Niger and the region further.
Risks still abound, though. Foreign troops guarding sites in the centre of the capital Niamey could trigger violence in a city where hundreds have taken to the streets in support of the coup - and against foreign interference. Niger is a huge, ethnically diverse country, and Mr Bazoum won the 2021 election with 56 per cent of the vote. It is not yet clear how much support various groups will give the new leaders.
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