Niger Activist Urges Region to Embrace New Regime or Face War

Insa Garba Saidou, a rights defender with ties to the junta in Niger, has stated that the only way to avoid conflict between the mutinous soldiers who ousted the president and regional countries threatening invasion is to recognize the new regime. The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened military force if President Mohamed Bazoum is not released and reinstated, but the junta has dismissed these warnings. The situation remains tense, with the possibility of a regional conflict looming.