European Union foreign ministers meet in Spain on Thursday to discuss their response to last month's coup in Niger - including possible sanctions - as they also consider news of military officers declaring they have seized power in Gabon.
- as they also consider news of military officers declaring they have seized power in Gabon.
Hassoumi Massoudou, the foreign minister of Niger's ousted government, and Omar Touray, the head of the commission of West Africa's main regional bloc ECOWAS, will attend the talks. West and Central African nations had in the last decade made strides to shed the region's reputation as a "coup belt", only for persistent insecurity, disputed elections and systemic corruption to open the door to a string of military takeovers.
Borrell said the EU was "moving forward" with work on a legal framework for sanctions against the junta in Niger and the foreign ministers would discuss it further on Thursday.
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