ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s military junta has asked the French ambassador to leave the country, the Nigerien Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday.
The move further escalates the international crisis in the West African nation stemming from a coup that ousted the West African nation's democratically elected president.
Niger, a former French colony, was France's partner before last month's coup in the fight against jihadi violence.ABUJA, Nigeria — Niger’s junta has authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate Niger’s democratically elected president.
The agreement was the latest of several actions taken by Niger's mutinous soldiers to defy sanctions and consolidate a junta they have said would rule for up to three years, further escalating the crisis after last month's coup in the country of more than 25 million people. 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.
Touray said the West African heads of state would decide on when to use force whenever it feels like all diplomatic means have failed.Details of what has been called the ECOWAS “standby” force have not be released. Regional officials have suggested any military intervention would be like the force deployed in Gambia in 2017 to force Yahya Jammeh out of power as president after he refused to concede an election loss.
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