Ms Singh said the U.S. had different lines of communications at all levels of government with Niger.
“If we do not receive adequate funding, the consequences will be devastating and not just in Niger,” Ms Van der Velden said. “In the Sahel, such crises do not recognise borders.”
“ AU’s Peace & Security Council meets to receive an update on the evolution of the situation in Niger and the efforts to address it.”
The newly appointed prime minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, will lead 21 new ministers forming the new government.
The Sahel, as it is now, is one huge tinderbox waiting for the next mismanaged conflict to explode.
ECOWAS imposed penalties on the coup leaders, while Nigeria cut electric supplies and closed its borders with the uranium-rich West African country.
Since Mr Tchiani gained the support of Mali and Burkina Faso, he has cut off ties with Nigeria, U.S., Togo and France.
Is Tinubu committing Nigeria to a violent entanglement with Niger on behalf of France because Paris is now his second home?
He said the entire central Sahel region could fall to Russian influence via the Wagner Group.
“In our hour of need, I call on the U.S. government and the entire international community to help us restore our constitutional order.”
