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Open this photo in gallery: General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger by leaders of a coup, arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, Niger, on July 28, 2023.STRINGER/Reuters France said on Saturday it will support efforts to overturn Niger’s military coup, a day after West Africa’s regional bloc said it had a plan for military intervention. Niger’s military takeover, the seventh in West and Central Africa in three years, has rocked the western Sahel region, one of the poorest in the world with strategic significance to global powers. Defence chiefs from Economic...
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August 5, 2023
17:57
West African bloc prepares for military action as Niger coup deadline looms
Source: theguardian.com
August 5, 2023
14:00
The Niger crisis shows France’s quasi-empire in Africa is finally crumbling
Source: theguardian.com
August 3, 2023
22:35
Niger junta suspends French broadcasts as supporters protest sanctions
Source: reuters.com
August 2, 2023
20:45
West African leaders get tough on Niger with threat of military action
Source: irishtimes.com
