Junta Closes Airspace As ECOWAS Deadline Expires DeutscheWelle: Niger
The Economic Community of West African States had given the coup leadersThe deadline has now passed, with the junta organizing large shows of support in the capital Niamey in the run-up to its expiration.The junta said it was closing Niger's airspace"for all aircraft until further notice" as of Sunday, citing"the threat of intervention" as its motive.
It warned that any attempt to violate the country's airspace would be met with an"energetic and immediate response." The so-called National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, a council of generals who have taken power, said it had seen indications of a"pre-deployment in preparation for intervention" by two Central African countries it did not name.On July 30, ECOWAS defense chiefs said they had agreed to intervene if the junta did not meet its demands within one week and return the country to normal constitutional order.
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