By Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou NIAMEY (Reuters) - Supporters of Niger's junta were forced on Saturday to halt a census of people willing to ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSBy Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou
"In all our calculations and our understandings, we never thought we could mobilize ," said Younoussa Hima, co-organiser of the initiative dubbed"The Mobilisation of Young People for the Fatherland." Organisers of the Niamey recruitment drive said they did not intend to sign up volunteers for the army, but rather to gather a list of people willing to lend their civilian skills in case ECOWAS attacks."They called on the youth to respond to a possible attack on our soil. And we are ready for any attack," said blogger Tahirou Seydou Abdoul Nassirou.
The level of support for the junta across Niger has been hard to assess, but thousands attended a previous rally at the stadium on Aug. 11 and applauded coup leaders' vow to stand up to the bloc.
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