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A.U. and ECOWAS close ranks on coup in Niger as tensions rise

African Union and West African regional bloc leaders supported deployment of a standby military force and demanded that Niger's junta release the ousted president.

The African Union and West Africa's economic bloc say they oppose "anti-constitutional change" in Niger.
The African Union and West Africa's economic bloc say they oppose "anti-constitutional change" in Niger. (AN/Imani Bahati/Unsplash)

African leaders across the continent are lining up against Niger's new military regime, which refuses to budge since ousting the country's democratically elected president.

From the African Union to the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, calls for Niger's military junta to step aside are raising the potential for a regional military confrontation.

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