JUST IN: NIGER REPUBLIC WAITS FOR RESPONSE AFTER DISOBEYING ORDER
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