Two weeks after the coup in Niger, France has abandoned its tough tone on the crisis and is now inclining towards diplomatic solutions, with military action seemingly ruled out for now, experts said.
West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS had given coup leaders a deadline of last Sunday to reinstate elected president Mohamed Bazoum, or face potential use of force.
But the Niger’s new rulers defied the ultimatum and it elapsed with no action being taken. The leaders of ECOWAS — the Economic Community of West African States — meet again on Thursday in the Nigerian capital of Abuja.
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