In the next month, will US troops participate in a military intervention or provide material support to a military intervention intended to oust a military-backed coup in Niger? The US has troops stationed in Niger on mission to fight extremist militias with Niger and regional forces. The Economic Community of West African States has provided the coup a deadline to re-instate the democratically elected president or face an armed intervention. Rumors have swirled that ministers from the deposed government have given permission to French troops to evacuate the president, currently being detained.