Four days after the July 26 coup in Niger, the President of Nigeria and current president of ECOWAS gathered his counterparts from the sub-region on Sunday July 30 for an extraordinary summit. ” Restore constitutional order or we will use force “, had launched, by way of ultimatum, the African heads of state. A look back at this intense week of ultimatums and diplomatic negotiations.
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There have been high-level discussions about it. For seven days, the president of the Chadian transition notably went to Niamey last Sunday and later it was an ECOWAS delegation which spent a few hours in the Nigerien capital, but without meeting General Tchiani, head of the junta , nor President Bazoum.
In anticipation of the potential military intervention of ECOWAS, the chiefs of staff of the member countries of the organization, with the exception of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso led by juntas, eleven heads of state -major worked for three days in Abuja. Friday evening, they announced that they had defined the outlines of this mission and had identified the resources, being ready, in the event of a green light from the leaders of ECOWAS.
If the defense secret prevails, we know however that several countries are ready to send troops to Niger. This is the case of Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.
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An “immediate response” to “any aggression”
In Mali and Burkina Faso, the putschist soldiers warn that they are in solidarity with the CNPS and that they would consider any military intervention as “a declaration of war against them.
Among Niger’s neighbors who are not part of ECOWAS, Chad and Algeria refuse to intervene militarily, preferring a work of dialogue with the junta.
Yesterday evening, Saturday August 5, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said in an interview with national media that a military intervention in Niger would be ” a direct threat to Algeria. »
The putschists of Niamey for their part promised a ” immediate response ” To “any aggression “.
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