Delegation in Niger: ECOWAS representatives arrive in Niamey

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A delegation from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, has arrived the capital, Niamey.

It comes a day after regional defence chiefs announced they have a plan for military intervention to reinstate the ousted president.

Mohamed Bazoum was removed from office last month.

Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque is live now from Dakar for the latest updates.

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“Nicolas Haque is an award-winning roving news correspondent based out of Dakar, Senegal. He started working for Al Jazeera in 2008 as a correspondent in Dhaka, Bangladesh, before moving to Senegal in 2013. Previously, he worked in current affairs for ITN, Channel 4 News, BBC Asian Programmes and ABC News in London. A member of the African Foreign Press Association, he holds an MA honours in Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.” Source – Al Jazeera English website

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Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa named after the Niger River. Over 80% of its land area lies in the Sahara Desert. The country’s predominantly Muslim population of about 22 million live mostly in clusters in the far south and west of the country. The capital and largest city is Niamey, located in Niger’s southwest corner.

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