A member of the junta that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum said a 'foreign power' was preparing to intervene in the West African country.
A military source told CNN that Niger's armed forces brought in a convoy of about 40 pick-up trucks from other parts of the country on Sunday evening.
The U.S. has evacuated some staff from its embassy in the capital in Niamey, while the estimated 1,000 American troops stationed in the country were restricted to their bases. The U.S. State Department said on Friday it was pausing certain foreign assistance programs for Niger's government. Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane is greeted by supporters at the Stade General Seyni Kountche in Niamey on August 6, 2023. The West African regional bloc ECOWAS set Sunday as a deadline for the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to return to power.
However, a representative from Niger's junta said they had information that"a foreign power" was preparing to attack the country. Meanwhile, thousands of the coup leaders' supporters rallied at a stadium in the capital Niamey. Two of Niger's neighbors, Burkina Faso and Mali, where coups have also taken place in recent years, had earlier warned they would treat any outside military intervention in Niger as"a declaration of war" against them.
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