In a region of Africa where authoritarianism has been rising, Niger seemed to be on a different path of democracy and partnership with the United States.
Declan Walsh, chief Africa correspondent for The Times, explains how a military coup has now put all of that in jeopardy and why Niger’s allies still think it’s possible to reverse that coup.
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