Niger`s junta on Thursday said it had formed a new government, two weeks after ousting democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum.
It comes as West African leaders are set to meet on Thursday to mull military action against the junta, led by former Presidential Guard Commander Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani.
Important decisions are expected at the gathering in Nigeria`s capital, Abuja, according to a statement from the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States on Tuesday. The bloc is expected to favor diplomacy over military action on the ground, which it has said is a “last resort”.
On 26 July 2023, a coup d’état occurred in Niger when the country’s presidential guard detained president Mohamed Bazoum, and presidential guard commander general Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a new military junta
