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    Coup: Niger Republic cuts off ties with Nigeria, Togo, France and the United States as peace talk fails

    Niger-Coup Plotters

    Military junta in the Niger Republic that carried out a coup that ousted the democratically elected President of the country, Mohamed Bazoum, has cut off ties with Nigeria and other countries.

    This is coming after efforts of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to resolve the ongoing impasse failed.

    Days after ECOWAS issued a seven-day ultimatum for the reinstatement of President Mohamed Bazoum to avoid a possible clash with the junta, President Bola Tinubu sent a high-powered delegation to the country to meet with the coup leaders, on Thursday, August 3.

    The delegation led by General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) could not meet with the leader of the junta. It only met with representatives of the junta.

    It has now been noticed that the Niger Republic has severed ties with Nigeria, Togo, France (its coloniser), and the United States.

    Radio France International reported that one of the putschists said on national television “The functions of the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors of the Republic of Niger to France, Nigeria, Togo, and the United States are terminated.”

    The ambassadors include Aishatou Boulamakane, Niger ambassador to the French Republic; Alad Magaskia, Niger ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Sidi Zakari, Niger ambassador to the Togolese Republic; and Limon Tingiri Mohamadou Tiari, Niger ambassador to the United States.

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