The mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger’s president have given approval for military support from its neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso against any attack just as the regional bloc insisted Friday on the use of force to help reverse the coup
Niger was seen as one of the last democratic countries in the Sahel region below the Sahara Desert that Western nations could partner with against a growing jihadi insurgency.
Eleven of the bloc’s 15 countries — not including the military-ruled countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger itself — have expressed commitments to deploy troops to restore democracy in Niger once a decision is made to intervene. The latest of such diplomatic efforts came Thursday when Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, who is the chairman of the regional bloc, sent a delegation of Islamic leaders to speak with the junta.
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