Foreign nationals queue for flights out as regional bloc threatens force to restore democratically elected president
European countries continued with their evacuation of foreign nationals from Niger, as defence chiefs from west Africa’s regional political and security bloc were poised to meet in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to discuss last week’s coup against Niger’s democratically elected president.
The 15-nation regional bloc, Ecowas, has threatened to use force to put down the coup in Niger after delivering an ultimatum those behind the coup to restore Mohamed Bazoum as president and reinstate the constitution and democratic institutions.
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