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People are already feeling the impact of economic sanctions imposed after a military coup.

Ivory Coast's leader said the Ecowas bloc had approved military intervention "as soon as possible".

Gen Tchiani has triggered a major crisis by overthrowing the president he was meant to guard.

President Tinubu is facing strong opposition to any deployment of troops to oust Niger's junta.

Niger's neighbours earlier threatened to act if the elected president were not restored by end of Sunday.

Niger's junta has hours to restore the ousted president or face the possibility of military action.

The recent wave of military takeovers have all been in former French colonies - is this a coincidence?

Regional leaders have threatened to use force if Niger's ousted president is not reinstated by Sunday.

Hundreds of foreign nationals have already been evacuated from the country since a coup last week.

The Foreign Office gave no further details of how many UK nationals have left the country or how.

Nigeria reportedly cuts electricity supplies to increase pressure on the military junta.

It comes amid growing anti-French sentiment, with its embassy recently coming under attack.