The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said Thursday that most West African nations are prepared to join a standby force that might intervene in Niger to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who was deposed in a July 26 coup.
According to Al Jazeera, ECOWAS commissioner Abdel-Fatau Musah said all ECOWAS members except Cape Verde and those under military rule — Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, and Niger — are ready to participate. That leaves 10 ECOWAS nations that are preparing to invade Niger.
The comments came as ECOWAS military chiefs began two days of talks in Ghana to discuss a potential military intervention. Musah said at the meeting that military force was still a last resort but stressed that the West African bloc was ready to take that step.
“If push comes to shove we are going into Niger with our own contingents and equipment and our own resources to make sure we restore constitutional order. If other democratic partners want to support us they are welcome,” he said.
While ECOWAS says it’s still open to a peaceful solution, there’s no indication the Niger junta is willing to give into the West African bloc’s demand to reinstate Bazoum. Over the weekend, the Junta said it had evidence to prosecute Bazoum with treason.
An ECOWAS intervention could spark a major regional war, as Burkina Faso and Mali have warned that they would consider such an action a declaration of war against them. The US and France could also be involved as they both have over 1,000 troops in Niger.
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If there is evidence in law that Bazoum committed treason then “under the Rule of Law” cliche, ECOWAS must take its place in nature and remain in the West’s colonial toolbox… Go figure…
With or without NATO air support?
With. France and USA back the invasion very explicitly. Germany backs France.
Nigeria won’t survive this war, while Senegal will almost certainly join the nationalist bloc after due revolution (the country and diaspora have been protesting the Macron-cloned tyranny of Macky Sall for many months already). The rest are quite small fish, except maybe Ghana and Ivory Coast…
Another dog and pony show thanks to Uncle Sam.
Shameless collaboration with their own colonisers.
Nigeria will be doing the main push – they are right next door to Niger, and they have the fourth largest military in Africa. (After Egypt, Algeria and South Africa.) They have tanks and fighter jets while land-locked Niger has machine guns mounted on Toyotas.
It’s interesting though what a significance al-Qaeda and ISIS (or rather, ISGS as it’s Greater Sahara) have in this area. The military coups in Mali and Niger have to do with fighting the Islamists. The initial coup leader in Mali was deposed by another officer because of his inefficiency in fighting the Islamists.
From Relief Web:
“ECOWAS Says Most West African States Ready to Join Niger Intervention Force -ECOWAS military chiefs began two days of talks on a potential military intervention in Ghana on Thursday”
America once again provoking war, death, and carnage.
Niger should take the US drone base and put the American troops on the Nigerian boarder.