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By engaging with key African nations, India can lead the Global South and also counter China’s debt-driven influence in the region

Mutinous soldiers in Niger are under pressure from regional sanctions as they refuse to reinstate the country's president whom they toppled nearly a month ago

No military action has been taken and the coup leaders appear to have gained the upper hand over the regional group that issued the threat

The reason is that many of the powerful countries, including Russia, France, the USA, and China, are directly or indirectly involved in the evolving situation in Niger.

Regional tensions have mounted since Niger's coup nearly two weeks ago

The junta also claimed that two central African countries are preparing for an invasion, but did not say which ones, and called on the country’s population to defend it

Nigeria's Senate pushed back against the plan by the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, urging Nigeria's president, the bloc's current chair, to explore options other than the use of force

United States also extended support to the leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to defend constitutional order in Niger

Brou expressed optimism that vaccine programs would help contain the pandemic in the sub-region to make way for the normalisation of socio-economic activities, the Xinhua news agency reported.