Niger coup: Burkina Faso and Mali juntas issue war warning

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Burkina Faso and Mali say any effort to overturn the coup would be a declaration of war against them.

The joint statement comes as Chadian President Mahamat Idris Déby has been in Niger leading mediation efforts on behalf of the West African bloc Ecowas to resolve the crisis.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea are all currently suspended from Ecowas following coups in recent years. After Mali's military leaders chose to partner up with the Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries in 2021 instead of France's counter-terror force, Paris moved its centre of operations in the region to Niger.

 

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