The restraint the U.S. is exercising from declaring the overthrow a coup is only a means to an end, according to a report.

Joe Biden and Abdourahmane Tchiani. The United States government is refraining from labelling the overthrow of Niger’s democratic government a coup and the military junta coup plotters as a precautionary move to preserve America’s interest.

The visit of U.S. acting deputy secretary of state, Victoria Nuland, to Niger on Monday met a dead-end as she disclosed that the junta refused to grant her an audience with the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and junta leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani.

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