New leadership in Niger could lead to another withdrawal from a country France saw as a key ally in the Sahel. 

African leaders give Niger's junta a week to return power to the country's civilian authorities or face force.

Thousands of protesters in Niger on Sunday stormed the French embassy and put a door of it on fire.

Niger coup leaders warned against any armed intervention in the country ahead of an emergency summit of West African leaders.

General Abdourahamane Tchiani has been named the new leader of Niger following a military takeover.

Both ECOWAS and the African Union has lashed what they called an "attempted coup d'etat."

West African leaders at ECOWAS agree to create a regional force to maintain security in the region.

Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba, in what marks the second coup in the West African country this year.

Burkina Faso has adopted a transitional charter that will allow the ruling junta to lead a three-year transition in the West African country.

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has called for calm after surviving an attempted coup to overthrow him, stressing that the situation is "under control" in the West African country, which has suffered repeated military takeovers.