RPT-West African leaders meet over Niger coup, junta warns against intervention

Niger’s military leaders warned against any armed intervention in the country as West African leaders are set to gather in Nigeria’s capital on Sunday for an emergency summit to decide on further actions to pressure the army to restore constitutional order.
Heads of state of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the eight-member West African Economic and Monetary Union could suspend Niger from its institutions, cut off the country from the regional central bank and financial market, and close borders.
A statement from the Chadian president’s office said, Niger’s eastern neighbour Chad, a non-member of both regional organisations, has been invited to the ECOWAS summit.