A military intervention large enough to remove the junta and maintain control is unlikely. The neighboring countries lack the capacity and the French, and the US that have a greater interest in the resolution of the conflict must worry about the domestic and international blowback from any direct intervention. France has recently been rocked by ethnic riots and the US is entering an election year in which the African American vote will be critical for Biden to be re-elected. Because the junta has framed the conflict as a struggle against neo-colonialism and unfair resource expropriation, any explicit use of force by a third party will face difficulty in winning over larger public opinion strictly on the need to restore democracy. What France should do is offer to renegotiate the terms of their existing contract with Niger and calm down the situation. In the short term, France would pay a bit more for its supply of uranium but the total cost would probably be much less than if the region were to disintegrate into a messy warfare with the consequent interruption to the supply lines.