West African nations threaten force if Niger’s president is not reinstated

Nigeria President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, second from left, with other West Africa leaders after a meeting in Abuja Nigeria on Sunday (Chinedu Asadu/AP/PA)

West African nations have given Niger’s coup leaders one week to reinstate the country’s democratically elected president and have threatened to use force if the demands are not met.

The announcement came at the end of an emergency meeting of West African countries on Sunday in Nigeria, where the regional bloc, known as ECOWAS, convened to respond to last week’s military takeover.