Coup leaders ignored a deadline to reinstate Niger’s president, leading defence chiefs further considering military intervention.
Defence chiefs from ECOWAS have met in Ghana to discuss Niger’s crisis after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers to release and reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum or face military intervention.
The defence chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger, during their extraordinary meeting in Accra, Ghana Niger’s coup was seen by the international community and ECOWAS as one too many and in addition to threatening a military invasion, the bloc has imposed severe economic and travel sanctions.But as time drags on with no military action and a standstill in negotiations, the junta is entrenching its power, leaving ECOWAS with few choices.
The AU’s Peace and Security Council could overrule a military intervention if it felt that wider stability on the continent was threatened by it. Since the coup, both countries have suspended military operations, which Sahel experts say is leading to an increase in attacks.
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