Niger's new military leaders have said they will not cave in to external pressure to stand down.
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00:00 Supporters of Niger`s coup gather at a stadium in the capital, Niami.
00:04 Attended by some 30,000 people, the rally took place on Sunday as a deadline to release
00:09 and reinstate the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, was set to expire.
00:15 The cutoff date was set by the regional bloc, ECOWAS.
00:18 And if its demands are not met, Niger may face foreign military intervention.
00:23 The coup leaders who attended the rally say they will not cave in to external pressure
00:28 to stand down.
00:29 But while some citizens are cheering, others fear what might happen next.
00:33 We want peace.
00:34 We don`t want foreign aggression against another country.
00:38 We are brothers.
00:39 We are here, we are citizens of Lambda.
00:42 Even to eat is a problem for us.
00:45 So, if there is war, it doesn`t suit us, that`s why we are here.
00:50 ECOWAS, which agreed to the military action last week, has not said what its next steps
00:54 would be or exactly what time the deadline expires.
00:57 [WHOOSH]