Niger’s military leadership expelled the French ambassador just as talks to restore democracy between the West African nation and its regional partners were making progress.

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Led by Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu, the bloc has taken an assertive stance.

The latest in a series of military coups in West Africa has led to fears of broader regional conflict, with a major political bloc in the region threatening military intervention in Niger unless the elected government is restored.

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Niger’s self-declared military leader on Saturday proposed a return to democracy within three years.

A powerful gang leader is threatening retaliation. Government negotiations are deadlocked over how the country, which currently has no elected leaders, should be governed. Thousands of people are on the run.

The U.S. military is drawing up plans for a potential withdrawal of its 1,100 troops from Niger, a counterterrorism ally in West Africa that is in the throes of a coup, the commander of U.S. air forces in Europe and Africa said Friday.

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West Africa’s economic bloc moved closer to intervening to overturn a coup in Niger, as global outrage grew over the treatment of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum.

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The leaders of a military coup in Niger are depriving ousted President Mohamed Bazoum of food, water and electricity at an army camp where he’s been held captive for the past two weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.

American service members deployed to Niger will stay there for now amid diplomatic efforts to restore the democratically elected president to power in the West African country, the Pentagon has decided.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. backs regional efforts to bring a diplomatic resolution to the “extremely troubling” situation in Niger, where a junta ignored demands to relinquish power and began announcing a new cabinet.

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More than 1,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Niger, where they train the Nigerien military to battle jihadist terrorist groups active in the area.

A reported coup in Niger threatens to upend the U.S. approach to counterterrorism in a region where a string of military power grabs is challenging U.S. forces’ ability to coordinate on the ground.

Washington is poised to cut off humanitarian assistance to Niger if its democratically elected leader is not restored to power, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani said the “harsh reality of insecurity” had led the soldiers to overthrow President Mohamed Bazoum.