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Nigerien police officers sit outside the customs offices in Niamey, Niger, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Around 300 trucks of food and other materials crossed into Niger from Burkina Faso with many arriving in the capital, Niamey Sunday, according to a regional custom's official. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

The African Union suspends Niger until ‘the effective restoration of constitutional order’

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Supporters of Niger's ruling junta hold a Russian flag at the start of a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, on Aug. 3, 2023. Defense chiefs from the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, are meeting in Ghana Thursday Aug. 17, 2023 to discuss Niger's crisis after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers to release and reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum or face military intervention. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Leading politician says victory for Niger’s coup leaders would be ‘the end of democracy’ in Africa

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

FILE - Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum smiles before a working lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron, Feb. 16, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Supporters of Niger's deposed President Mohamed Bazoum have pleaded with the United States and others for weeks to restore the democratically elected leader to power. Now they're making a simpler plea: Save his life. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Niger’s coup leaders say they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Nigerien men gather for an anti-French protest in Niamey, Niger, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.The ECOWAS bloc said it had directed a "standby force" to restore constitutional order in Niger after its deadline to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum expired. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Niger’s junta gains the upper hand over the regional bloc threatening military force, analysts say

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

U..S Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, poses for a photo with Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum during their meeting at the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger, March 16, 2023. Supporters of Niger's deposed President Mohamed Bazoum have pleaded with the United States and others for weeks to restore the democratically elected leader to power. Now they're making a simpler plea: Save his life. (Boureima Hama/Pool Photo via AP)

Allies of Niger president overthrown by military are appealing to the U.S. and others: Save his life

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Tracy Brown - Associated Press

Insa Garba Saidou, coordinator for the Circle for Reflection for Democracy, an umbrella group of local organisations defending human rights and supporting the military regime, poses for a photograph in Niamey, Niger, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Saidou said that the only way to avoid conflict between mutinous soldiers that ousted the president in Niger and regional countries threatening an invasion to reinstate him, is to recognise the new regime. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

An activist tied to Niger’s junta says its leaders won’t hold talks until the region recognizes them

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Nigeria's President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, center first row, poses for a group photo with other West African leaders before an ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. West African heads of state began meeting Thursday on next steps after Niger's military junta defied their deadline to reinstate the nation's deposed president, but analysts say the bloc known as ECOWAS may be running out of options as support fades for a military intervention. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan)

Tensions rise as West African nations prepare to send troops to restore democracy in Niger

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger pose for a group photo during their extraordinary meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, to discuss the situation in Niger. (AP Photo/ Chinedu Asadu)

West African leaders are meeting on Niger, but options are few as a military junta defies mediation

By Sam Mednick and Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, pictured, in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Days after after mutinous soldiers ousted Niger's democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Two rivals claim to be in charge in Niger. One is detained and has been publicly silent for days

By Cara Anna and Carley Petesch - Associated Press

The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger pose for a group photo during their extraordinary meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, to discuss the situation in Niger. (AP Photo/ Chinedu Asadu)

Niger’s junta isn’t backing down, and a regional force prepares to intervene. Here’s what to expect

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

Supporters of Niger's ruling junta gather at the start of a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. The march falls on the West African nation's independence day from its former colonial ruler, France, and as anti-French sentiment spikes, more than one week after mutinous soldiers ousted the country's democratically elected president. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Biden demands Niger leader Bazoum be freed as embassy personnel evacuated after coup

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

With the headquarters of the ruling party burning in the back, supporters of mutinous soldiers demonstrate in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, July 27 2023. Not everyone is hostile to last week's coup in Niger. Neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali have taken the unusual step of declaring that foreign military intervention in Niger would be a declaration of war against them, too. Both have had coups in recent years. (AP Photo/Fatahoulaye Hassane Midou)

Hundreds rally in Niger, denouncing France, as the country’s new junta seeks to justify its coup

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Boubacar Moussa, a former member of the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin group, linked to al-Qaida, poses for a photo in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The 47-year-old says Niger's coup will embolden violence, increase recruitment across the country and threaten regional stability. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

The coup in Niger will only embolden extremists, says a former jihadi fighter

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023. The French Foreign Ministry says Tuesday, Aug.1, 2023, that France is planning an imminent evacuation of people seeking to leave Niger after the coup last week in the former French colony. Poster reads: Down with France, long live Putin." (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Niger crisis deepens as France plans evacuation and coup leaders get support from neighboring juntas

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to Australian Minister of Defense Richard Marles and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong during Session I at Queensland Government House in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, July 29, 2023. (Pat Hoelscher/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken says U.S. economic support for Niger is at risk as military takeover threatens stability

By Brian P. D. Hannon and Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Supporters of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum gather in his support in Niamey, Niger, Wednesday July 26 2023. Governing bodies in Africa condemned what they characterized as a coup attempt Wednesday against Niger's president, whose official Twitter account reported that elements of the presidential guard engaged in an "anti-Republican demonstration" and tried to obtain the support of other security forces. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Mutinous soldiers say they’ve taken Niger; the government says a coup won’t be tolerated

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

In this image taken from video provided by ORTN, Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, front center, makes a statement late Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Niamey, Niger, as a delegation of military officers appeared on Niger State TV to read out a series of communiques announcing their coup d'etat. (ORTN via AP)

Mutinous soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger’s president

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Niger inaugurates president in 1st democratic power transfer

By DALATOU MAMANE - Associated Press