France’s ambassador to Niger would stay in the country despite pressure from coup leaders, President Emmanuel Macron said.
“Already, people are living in hard times and require sympathy rather than dragging them into a war,” it said.
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“Bazoum was legitimately elected by the sovereign people of Niger,” Mr Barma said.
“That’s why we’re here, and our able leader and president accepted the offer that he wants us to intervene and to talk to our brothers over there in Niger Republic.”
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has underlined his support for ongoing mediation efforts by (ECOWAS).
Mr Lamine Zeine was formerly the minister of economy and finance for several years in the cabinet of then-President Mamadou Tandja, ousted in 2010.
Mr Buhari was a beneficiary of a military coup which overthrew a democratically elected government in 1983 on December 31 bringing Nigeria and its citizens to its knees with dictatorial fervour but
