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EU, African Union escalate pressure on Niger’s coup leaders
The European Union and France have cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened to do the same following this week’s military coup, as the African Union called on the coup’s military leaders to return to their barracks. The commander of Niger’s presidential guard, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, on Friday declared himself the head of a transitional government after his soldiers took…