Militaryjuntas in neighbouring burkina faso and mali warned that any Foreign Military intervention in niger, would be considered a Declaration Of War on them. A french mp for emmanuel macron s Renaissance Party spoke to the bbc about the countrys Evacuation Mission and said paris was left with no other choice. Translation we estimate that a few hundred people french people wish to leave, and have clearly expressed this intention, since we know that the tradition between European Countries is to show solidarity. If other European Countries decide to organise your evacuations, which is possible, we would Work Together to evacuate those who want to leave. Niger is a key part of africas sahel region which stretches from the atlantic to the red sea. Burkina faso and mali, have also seen recent military coups, and say, they would come to the defence of their neighbour. On sunday, the Regional Bloc ecowas made up of 15 west african countries, gave the coup leaders in niger one week to restore
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