Niger authorities denied news spread by the Algerian foreign minister saying Niamey accepted Algiers’ mediation proposal. The denial is an embarrassment to the Algerian authorities after the West African Economic grouping rejected Algeria’s mediation in the conflict with the putschists in Niger. The oppressive and delusionary Algerian regime has been caught in diplomatic lies of its own making, undermining further the rulers’ credibility and deepening their international isolation. This denial deals a hard blow to the Algerian regime which is not interested in solving Niger political crisis but is seeking only to serve its own geostrategic agenda. He said the Algerian transition proposal was a recognition of the coup.
