The junta that seized power in Niger last week detained senior politicians on Monday, their party said, defying international calls to restore democratic rule, while fellow military rulers in West Africa expressed their support.
The overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum has sent shockwaves across West Africa, pitting Niger’s former Western allies against the likes of Russia and other junta leaders in the region.
The African Union, the UN, the European Union and other powers have condemned the overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum – the seventh military takeover in less than three years in West and Central Africa that has undermined democratic progress in one of the world’s poorest regions.
Regional bloc ECOWAS has imposed sanctions, including a halt in all financial transactions and a national assets freeze, and said it could authorise force to reinstate Bazoum, who is still locked in his palace.
Source: Reuters
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