Niger’s junta OKs support of troops from two neighbors, intensifying standoff with West African bloc | AP News
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta has authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate Niger’s democratically elected president.The junta leader, Brig. Gen. Abdrahmane Tchiani, signed two executive orders authorizing the “security forces