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(coup leaders/Niger flag) Military junta threatens President if military experience any form of attack Niger's junta threatened a top US diplomat that if surrounding countries tried military action to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum's power, they would kill him. During her visit to the country this week, representatives of the junta informed US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland of the danger against Bazoum, a Western military official said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. An official in the United States verified that account, saying on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Bazoum, who was deposed on July 26, claims to be held hostage at his home. The regional ECOWAS alliance announced on Thursday. It has put in place military intervention to restore democracy but has not disclosed actual location and time of strategy. West African Union heads of state met Thursday in Nigeria's capit

Niger Republic waits for response or accompanied action from disobeying order After the deadline passed on Sunday, no foreign soldiers were observable in the city of Niamey, but the ECOWAS regional bloc has not yet made a statement in response to the coup leaders' defiance. An quick military operation to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum is not planned at this time, according to a source close to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). But the source also said that as countries like Italy and Germany advocated in favour of a diplomatic solution in the troubled west African nation, a summit of its member countries' leaders may be held in the upcoming days to deliberate on next moves. In order to express "solidarity (with) the people of Niger," neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso, both of which have been expelled from the West African ECOWAS bloc due to their own military takeovers, are sending a joint formal mission to Niamey. They have said that using