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Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS - NIGER A planned meeting by the West African regional bloc, Ecowas’ chiefs of defense staff to discuss the Niger coup was postponed. No reason was given for the
Junta’s statement ratchets up rhetoric between Niger and other West African countries
Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, long courted by Washington as a partner against Islamist extremism, has emerged as the main diplomatic channel between the U.S. and the junta
Washington views West African nation as bulwark against Islamist terror, Russian advances
Executive Summary Due to their wealth of critical natural resources (primarily rare earth minerals), rapidly growing populations (labor and consumer markets) and strategic geographic location, many Francophone and Lusophone countries in Africa occupy strategic roles for China and its large businesses operating in, among others, the electronics and high-tech industries. Given Beijing’s ambitious plans in strengthening its most innovation-pinned industries—which …