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By Kathryn Armstrong in London & Nduka Orjinmo in Abuja
BBC News
A senior US official has held face-to-face talks with Niger's military leaders following last month's coup.
Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said the conversations had been "extremely frank and at times quite difficult.
Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66424858

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17 countries that gained their independence in 1960
by Our Reporter September 25, 2022

August of 1960, in particular, was significant for African independence, with nine former French colonies becoming independent during this month: Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Chad, Central Africa Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Senegal.

The three non-French colonies that gained independence this year were: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which gained independence from Belgium; Nigeria, which gained independence from the United Kingdom; and Somalia, which formed from the union of British and Italian Somaliland, as well as an independent territory called the Dervish State.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/17-countries-that-gained-their-independence-in-1960

Since gaining its independence, Nigeria and the Niger Republic have maintained very close bilateral ties. I chuckled when I read the report that Nigeria had turned off power to the Niger Republic. We tend to forget that the Niger River, which supplies our energy, also runs through the Niger Republic.
And according to the current deal, the Niger Republic will not dam the river so that Nigeria can have electricity. All of our dams, including the “Kainji” and “Jebba” dams, will be useless if that nation decides to cut off water supplies by constructing a dam along the River Niger

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Niger coup: Decision time for West Africa as deadline nears
August 5, 2023 BBC

Military intervention
Ecowas has used military force to restore constitutional order in the past, for example in The Gambia in 2017 when Yahya Jammeh refused to step down after losing an election.

But the calculation about whether to go ahead this time would be far more difficult.

Firstly, Niger is geographically the largest country in West Africa, while The Gambia is a tiny sliver of land surrounded by Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean, so sending troops in would be a whole different prospect.

Secondly, regional power Nigeria, which is leading the charge to restore President Bazoum, is facing a host of security challenges at home, so sending a significant portion of the army to Niger would be something of a gamble.

Thirdly, both Mali and Burkina Faso have said that military intervention in Niger would be seen as a "declaration of war" and they would go to defend their fellow coup leaders.

So it risks snowballing into a full-scale regional war, especially if the Niger population resists foreign intervention. Although it is impossible to know how they would react.

Nigeria and Niger share many historical and ethnic ties, with people on both sides speaking the same language so this could make some Nigerian troops reluctant to fight if it came to that.

Countries like Algeria, Niger's neighbour to the north, China and Russia have asked for restraint and the continued use of dialogue to douse tension.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66405253