The junta that seized power in Niger has said that the government they toppled has given France authorization to carry out strikes to free ousted president Mohamed Bazoum. France has neither confirmed nor denied the accusation
in Niger detained three more senior politicians from the ousted government on Monday, their party said, widening arrests in defiance of international calls to restore democratic rule.
The coup has raised fears for the security of the surrounding Sahel region. The United States, former colonial power France and other Western states have troops in Niger and had been working with the government battling militant forces linked to Islamic State and al Qaeda.
Niger, which is one of the world's poorest countries and largely depends on external aid and financing, was expected to issue two other bonds in the regional market on Aug. 7 and Aug. 17, on top of the cancelled July issuance, according to an issuance calendar of the regional debt management agency.
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