Niger junta says cannot receive West African mission
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Niger's coup leaders have told the West African bloc ECOWAS that they cannot receive a proposed mission to Niamey for "security" reasons, according to an official letter seen by AFP on Tuesday. "The current context of public anger and revolt following the sanctions imposed by ECOWAS does not permit the welcoming of this delegation in the required conditions of serenity and security," the foreign ministry said in a letter to the ECOWAS representation in Niamey. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent reports from Cotonou, Benin.