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Supporters wave Niger and Russia flags as Ecowas deadline for military to cede power approaches
Agence France-Presse
Thousands of coup supporters in Niger gathered on Sunday for a rally to cheer on the generals claiming power, as a deadline set by the west African bloc for the military to relinquish control or face possible armed intervention was due to elapse.… Read the rest
Armed forces stand ready, says junta representative, as west African country defies threat of military intervention by regional bloc
Reuters
Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from a regional bloc after coup leaders rejected a deadline to reinstate the country’s ousted president.… Read the rest
President says ‘unlimited’ airconditioned buses will be provided and food will be improved, after hundreds fall ill in heat amid soaring temperatures
Raphael Rashid in Buan, South Korea
South Korea has pumped millions into improving conditions at a global Scouts gathering it is hosting amid a suffocating heatwave, with president Yoon Suk Yeol ordering “unlimited” air-conditioned buses and cold-water trucks and hundreds more sanitary and medical staff being brought in.… Read the rest
Decision comes after junta accused France of plotting to reinstate Mohamed Bazoum
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris, Lisa O’Carroll Brussels and Peter Beaumont
France has said it will immediately begin evacuating its citizens and other Europeans from Niger, days after a junta toppled the president, Mohamed Bazoum, and seized power in the west African country.… Read the rest
In a press statement published on Friday, the Security Council members called for the immediate and unconditional release of Niger’s democratically-elected President, Mohammed Bazoum, and underscored the need to protect him, his family and members of his Government.
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the efforts to unconstitutionally change the legitimate government of the Republic of Niger on 26 July 2023.… Read the rest