West African Leaders to Meet on Niger After Coup Demand Ignored
Junta leader General Abdourahmane Tchiani speaks at the demonstration of coup supporters in Niamey on Aug 6.
Photographer: Mohamed Bazum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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West African leaders will meet again to discuss last month’s coup in Niger, after the nation’s junta ignored a Sunday deadline set by the region’s economic bloc to hand power back to Niger’s civilian ruler.
Talks are scheduled for Aug. 10 in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, the Economic Community of West African States said in a statement on Monday.