The military authorities emerging from the coup in Niger have formed a government, according to a statement issued by the country's new strongman, General Abderrahmane Tiane, broadcast on national television on Wednesday night to Thursday.
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The government, which was announced before the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a crucial summit Thursday in Abuja, consists of 21 members and is led by the Prime Minister, who was previously appointed by the putschists on Monday, Ali Al-Amin.
It includes twenty ministers, and its defense and interior ministers are Generals Saliva Modi and Mohamed Tomba from the military council that seized power.
The ECOWAS leaders will hold a summit Thursday in the Nigerian capital, after the expiration of the deadline they set for the putschists in Niger to "restore constitutional order" without achieving a result.
And the regional organization warned on Tuesday that it would take "important decisions" during this summit, announcing the priority of diplomacy in the search for a settlement to the crisis in Niger while maintaining threats of military intervention.
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