Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s flailing democracy. Meanwhile, the African Union said on Friday it supports West African regiona…
There are growing tensions in Niger and the possibility of military intervention there by the West African bloc known as ECOWAS. West African military chiefs are set to meet next week. The group has directed a “standby force” to restore constitutional …
Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s flailing democracy. The ECOWAS bloc said on Thursday it had directed a “standby force” to restor…
West African leaders have approved the deployment of a “standby force to restore constitutional order” in Niger, an intervention that will take place as soon as possible, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Thursday. The ECOWAS regional bloc d…
Russia has warned that military intervention in Niger would lead to a “protracted confrontation” after regional bloc Ecowas said it would assemble a standby force.Such an intervention would destabilise the Sahel region as a whole, the Russian foreign m…
