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Niger’s junta threatened to kill ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries attempt any military intervention to restore his rule, two Western officials said.
Representatives of the junta reportedly told U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland during her visit to the country.
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has ordered the activation of its standby force, while holding out hope of peacefully restoring the constitutional government in Niger after the July 26 coup there.
The announcement came Thursday in a communique read at the end of a regional summit in.
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