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07/08/2023 05:06 GMT : Niger junta closes airspace as ECOWAS deadline expires

Niger junta closes airspace as ECOWAS deadline expires

BBC World Service - Newsday, Niger junta closes airspace as ECOWAS deadline expires

Fears there will be a threat of military intervention from neighbours.

The regional group ECOWAS had given the generals a week to relinquish power or face possible armed intervention.

The coup leaders in Niger say they are preparing to resist any intervention from neighbouring countries, after ignoring a deadline to reinstate the elected president.

Cambodia has its first new prime minister in four decades.

And reports that the Taliban in Afghanistan have banned girls over the age of 10 from attending school in some provinces.

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