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a deadline for the militaryjunta in niger, to step down, is nowjust hours away. the west african regional bloc of ecowas gave the coup leaders a week to reinstate the ousted president, mohamed bazoum and threatened military intervention if its demands were not met. there ve been reports of sporadic shows of support for the junta on the streets of the capital, niamey but overall the city is said to be calm. some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. and algeria which borders niger to the north has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday ? meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the country s embassy. he has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country. let s get some more analysis with a senior lecturer at
the west african regional bloc, ecowas, gave the coup leaders a week to reinstate the ousted president, mohamed bazoum, and threatened military intervention if its demands were not met. there ve been reports of sporadic shows of support for the junta on the streets of the capital niamey but the city is said to be calm. some neighbouring countries mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. and algeria which borders niger to the north has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france,a former colonial power, says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday ? meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the country s embassy. he has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country.
some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. and algeria which borders niger to the north has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday ? meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the country s embassy. he has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in niger. our correspondent in lagos in neighbouring nigeria, explained why many residents support the coup.
in niger, to step down, is nowjust over an hour away. the west african regional bloc of ecowas, gave the coup leaders a week to reinstate the ousted president, mohamed bazoum and threatened military intervention if its demands were not met. there ve been reports of sporadic shows of support for the junta on the streets of the capital, niamey but overall the city is said to be calm. some neighbouring countries including mali, burkina faso and guinea have voiced support for the coup leaders. and algeria which borders niger to the north has said it is categorically against armed intervention. france says it will support efforts by ecowas to restore niger s elected president. niger s prime minister was in paris on saturday ? meeting lawmakers and greeting protestors outside the country s embassy. he has dismissed pro coup protests taking place in his country. a lot of western nations will be keeping