1.   Sunday night, the new junta declared the head of that unit, Commandant Daouda Malam Wanke, the new president of Niger.

2.   There is a climate of fear in the country with the new junta having no qualms about putting down dissent.

3.   His comments followed international condemnation of the new junta.

4.   The new junta met late Sunday with officials from the Entente Council, made up of senior representatives from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo.

5.   The new junta met late Sunday with officials from the Entente Council, made up of senior representatives from Benin, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo.