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After two weeks, Niger's military junta is making cabinet nominations and rejecting discussions. As Niger's military junta enters its second week in power, its leaders are appointing a government and rejecting calls for negotiations in what analysts describe as an attempt to entrench their power and demonstrate that they are serious about governing the West African country in the face of an escalating regional crisis. As Niger's military junta enters its second week in power, its leaders are appointing a government and rejecting calls for negotiations in what analysts describe as an attempt to entrench their power and demonstrate that they are serious about governing the West African country in the face of an escalating regional crisis. The junta has appointed a new prime minister and a raft of new cabinet members. They also refused to accept meditation teams from the United Nations, the African Union, and the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, citing "evident reasons