The Nigerien junta refuses to talk to representatives of ECOWAS, which means that a possible military intervention by that regional partnership is getting closer.
How do people in Niger respond to this ever-increasing tension?
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2 pages about the coup in Niger
Two pages in De Volkskrant about the rising tensions in the Sahel. Regional bloc ECOWAS is threatening military intervention in Niger, but how realistic is it that they will unleash a war (with or without support from France)?
With insights from Ulf Laessing & Nathaniel Powell: my story.