Leaders from West Africa are set to fulfill at an emergency summit, after Niger’s military took energy in a coup.
It comes after the EU suspended all safety cooperation with the nation, and the US declared its “unflagging help” for ousted president Mohamed Bazoum – seen as a key Western ally within the battle towards Islamist militants.
On Friday the top of the presidential guards unit Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani declared himself Niger’s new chief, and there are considerations about which nations he’ll align with. The chief of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly described the coup as a triumph.
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