The region isn’t happy about the coup in Niger: Several Arab countries including Egypt have expressed concern over last week’s coup in Niger, whose leaders on Friday declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as head of state following the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum. The Egyptian foreign ministry said the country is following the developments in Niger “with great concern,” while Saudi Arabia expressed its “total rejection” of the coup and the UAE condemned it.

Other West African nations aren’t, either: The 15-nation ECOWAS bloc of West African nations imposed sanctions on the country and threatened to launch military action against the coup leaders if Bazoum is not reinstated within a week in an emergency summit yesterday. This came as thousands of pro-coup demonstrators gathered in the nation’s capital, attacking the French embassy and burning flags of the country’s former colonial ruler.

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