Nigeriens urged to volunteer to help junta amid invasion possibility

Supporters of Niger’s ruling junta have called for a push back against foreign interference Niamey (AP)

Nigeriens are preparing for war against regional countries threatening to invade, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation’s democratically-elected leader.

Residents in the capital, Niamey, are calling for the mass recruitment of volunteers to assist the army in the face of a growing threat by the West African regional bloc, Ecowas, which says it will use military force if the junta does not reinstate the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum.