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Niger’s military junta closed the country’s airspace as ECOWAS’s demand to restore President Bazoum or risk military action has now expired. The deadline has now passed, with the junta organizing large shows of support in the capital Niamey in the run-up to its expiration.
Niger’s military junta closed the country’s airspace as ECOWAS’s demand to restore President Bazoum or risk military action has now expired. The deadline has now passed, with the junta organizing large shows of support in the capital Niamey in the run-up to its expiration.
The junta said it was closing Niger’s airspace for all aircraft until further notice, citing the threat of intervention as its motive. It warned that any attempt to violate the country’s airspace would be met with an energetic and immediate response. The so-called National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a council of generals who have taken power, said it had seen indications of a pre-deployment in preparation for intervention by two Central African countries it did not name.
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The junta has also seen support among some of the country’s youth, who have begun to band together into a citizens’ militia. On Sunday, thousands of coup supporters rallied at a stadium in the capital Niamey to support the military generals’ defiance. Coup leaders greeted the crowd, in a venue draped in Russian flags and decorated with portraits of the generals. Tchiani, formerly the head of the presidential guard who set off the coup by detaining the man he was assigned to protect, was the guest of honour.
