Niger has re-opened its borders with some of its neighbors The Republic of Niger reopened its borders with some of its neighbors, a week af...
Niger has re-opened its borders with some of its neighbors
The Republic of Niger reopened its borders with some of its neighbors, a week after the coup that shook the Sahel region of West Africa.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "The land and air borders between Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Libya and Chad have been re-opened from August 1, 2023," said the military spokesman Colonel Amadou Abdramane in a televised speech.
Last Wednesday, the military government of the country closed the borders of the country, at the same time that it announced that it had removed the elected president of the country, Mohammed Bazoum from the throne.
The regional ECOWAS group has imposed sanctions, including freezing all financial transactions and freezing the country's assets, and said it may authorize the use of military force to restore Bazoum.
However, the rulers of Burkina Faso and Mali, which are neighbors of Niger, expressed their support for the leaders of the coup and said that any foreign intervention to restore the overthrown government will be seen as seeking war.
This announcement made by Mali and Burkina Faso on Monday night shows that maybe a new alliance has been formed between them and not with the other 15 countries of the group.
In the current situation, today, Wednesday, the first military planes carrying European citizens evacuated from Niger landed in Paris and Rome.