The leader of the Niger junta, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, has said the army will hand over power to the civilian government within the next three years.
In a show of solidarity with the junta, Burkina Faso and Mali have deployed warplanes to Niger against possible military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after the defence chiefs of the regional bloc had revealed that they had reached an agreement on a “D-Day” for a military intervention to restore the civil rule in that country.
This is as the new Prime Minister of Niger Republic, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, has said the coup plotters who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum during a July 26 coup will not harm the ousted president.
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