West African leaders to meet on Niger after junta defies deadline

NIGER, Niamey – West African leaders will discuss Niger on Thursday after the junta that seized power there on July 26 defied a deadline to reinstate the ousted president or face the threat of military intervention, a spokesman for the regional bloc said on Monday. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has sent military forces into troubled member states in the past…

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