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Pro-coup protests continue in Niger as Biden urges Bazoum release

Niger’s coup leaders have promised to respond to any aggression by West African countries whose deadline to restore order in Niger expires in days. The generals also declared they will end military agreements with former Western ally France. They have also ended the mandates of Niger’s ambassadors to France, Nigeria, Togo and the United States. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Dakar, Senegal. Subscribe to…

Pro-coup protest: France warns against attack on embassy in Niger

At an emergency summit in neighbouring Nigeria, leaders of the West African regional bloc ECOWAS have given Niger’s coup leaders one week to reinstate the president. The bloc says if they fail to do so, military action would be an option. Meanwhile, thousands of coup supporters gathered in the capital Niamey, and some attacked the embassy gates of the former colonial power France. Al Jazeera’s…