Niger’s neighbors approve military intervention

Neighbors approve military intervention in Niger

In order to employ against the junta that assumed control last month, the West African grouping ECOWAS organised a standby force.

The nations of West Africa have ordered that the region’s armed forces quickly mobilise standby soldiers for a potential intervention in the uranium-rich nation as their latest effort to persuade the junta that seized control in Niger last month to undo their coup.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ordered the force activations on Thursday and said in a statement that it still favours a peaceful restoration of democracy in Niger. If the Niger military administration didn’t reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum by last Sunday, ECOWAS had threatened to send in soldiers.

After holding a gathering of ECOWAS heads of state in Abuja on Thursday, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said that “no option is taken off the table, including the use of force as a last resort.” I believe that with our combined efforts, we can achieve a peaceful conclusion that will serve as a guide for reestablishing stability and democracy in Niger, he continued. There is yet hope.

The size of the intervention force and the participating member nations were not specified by the ECOWAS. Mali and Burkina Faso, two suspended ECOWAS members, have stated that any military action against Niger will be viewed as a declaration of war against them. Franklin Nyamsi, the president of the African Freedom Institute, issued a warning last week in an interview with RT, saying that the bloc risked starting “a world African war” if it attempted to overthrow the military regime in Niger.

ECOWAS countries Nigeria, Senegal, and Ivory Coast are among those who have called for the reinstatement of the previous administration in Niger. Alassane Ouattara, the president of the Ivory Coast, denounced Bazoum’s home arrest as a “terrorist act.”

He told reporters at the conference on Thursday in Abuja, “We do not support and we will not allow coups d’etat. This putschists must be removed. I believe that we should go ahead and remove them if they won’t allow Bazoum to leave so that he may carry out his mission.

The military administration of Niger has resisted the demands of the regional grouping and promised to protect the nation from any external invasion. General Salifou Moody, one of the junta’s top officials, is said to have asked the Russian defence contractor Wagner Group PMC, which has worked in Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Mozambique, and the Central African Republic, for assistance. After the ECOWAS deadline passed on Sunday, the junta declared the nation’s airspace blocked “until further notice.”

Neighbors approve military intervention in Niger

Neighbors approve military intervention in Niger

Neighbors approve military intervention in Niger

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