Talk about the reasons for the coup in Niger and ECOWAS's efforts to take action In the last few years, there has been a great deal of ...
Talk about the reasons for the coup in Niger and ECOWAS's efforts to take action
In the last few years, there has been a great deal of joy as most countries in the West and Central African region have adopted a democratic system, which produces civilian heads of state through elections.
But the joy is looking to go back inside, when in the last few years, the soldiers started to come back and take the right, and once again seize power by overthrowing the elected Democratic government.
In the last 2 years, the military has staged coups in the countries of Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Chad, and this week it happened in the Republic of Niger, where the head of the security forces of the presidential palace himself, overturned. He became the leader of the overthrow of the president he was protecting.
An expert on world politics, Professor Tukur Muhammad Baba of the Federal University of Nigeria, Birnin Kebbi, believes that this is a major setback to the goal of ensuring the maintenance of democracy in the African continent.
He said that this also shows that the soldiers in the countries of the African continent have already experienced the lions of politics and power, and have forgotten the great responsibility that rests on them to ensure national security.
After declaring himself as the new president of Niger, the leader of the coup d'état in the country, General Abdurrahman Tchiani, listed the security problem, economic deterioration and corruption as their reasons for overthrowing the elected government of President Muhamed Muzoum. , which they are still keeping in custody.
An expert on daily affairs in Niger, Abdurrahman Alkasum, believes that there is something to be noted about the reasons given for the coup.
Alkasum said that the problems of the mentioned country did not start now, and the 10 years of the government were done with him and Tciani. did he not know about the problems until now?
Alkasum added the question: "Why didn't he overthrow the previous government that was in power for 8 years and was even more accused of corruption than this?"
Even apart from the strong criticism and condemnation of the coup in Niger that he faced all over the world, there are reports that there is a possibility of forming a partnership to deal with the situation.
The West African Economic Development Organization (ECOWAS), under the leadership of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has vowed to take strict action to restore Bazoum to his position after the coup.
Former Nigerian Ambassador, Ambassador Jibril Chinade, believes that the level of ECOWAS and especially Nigeria, is on the way.
However, General Abdurrazak Umar, an analyst on security issues in Nigeria, expressed his disapproval of the efforts of ECOWAS, and other countries of the world who are interested in taking action against the coup in Niger.
Even if it is over, Professor Tukur Baba believes that this coup in Niger and also in other countries in the past, are gathering an important lesson for the leaders of civilian countries.
The main concern expressed by Western countries, especially partners and internal and external analysts, is how the coup may affect the efforts to fight against the rebels, who have confirmed that they infiltrated with the working at home in the countries of the Sahel region.