Coup supporters protest outside the French embassy, shouting 'Long live Russia' and 'Down with France'.
By Farouk ChothiaNiger's coup leaders have warned regional and Western powers against military intervention to reinstate the ousted president.
Meanwhile hundreds of coup supporters protested outside the French embassy in Niamey, after France stopped aid. The coup has prompted concern that Niger could pivot towards Russia. Neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali both moved closer to Russia since their own coups. About two weeks ago the Ecowas chairman, Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu, warned that terrorism and the emerging pattern of coups in West Africa had reached alarming levels and demanded urgent action.
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