Niger\u2019s new military ruler has said a transition of power will not go beyond three years, and warned that any attack on the country \u201cwill not be the walk in the park\u201d for those involved. \u201cOur ambition is not to confiscate power,\u201d Gen\u00aderal Abdourahamane Tiani said in a televised address. Any transition of power \u201cwill not go beyond three years\u201d, he said before warning that if an attack were to be undertaken, \u201cit will not be the walk in the park some people seem to think\u201d. The warning came after a delegation from Econ\u00adomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), led by former Nigerian leader Abdulsalami Abub\u00adakar, met ousted president Mohamed Bazoum in a bid to make a final diplomatic push before deciding whether to take military action against the Niger\u2019s new military rulers. Last week, ECOWAS defence chiefs had met to fine-tune details of a potential military operation if negotiations with Niger\u2019s military rulers fail. However, thousands of people demonstrated in Niamey on Sunday in support of the military coup. They chanted slogans agai\u00adnst ECOWAS and France, former colonial power. The Sahel state\u2019s new military leaders have officially banned demonstrations but in practice, those in support of the coup are allowed to go ahead. The demonstrators waved placards saying \u201cStop the military intervention\u201d and \u201cNo to sanctions\u201d, in reference to the financial and trade restrictions imposed by ECOWAS four days after the coup on July 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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