Niger: The outcome of the ECOWAS Conference is awaited The pirates point out that the ECOWAS group is in a difficult situation considering ...
Niger: The outcome of the ECOWAS Conference is awaited
The pirates point out that the ECOWAS group is in a difficult situation considering that many people are against taking military action.
The decision that the ECOWAS group will reach at its meeting in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, is awaited in an attempt to overcome the coup crisis in the Republic of Niger.
The members of the 15-nation group said they would follow a diplomatic way to end the conflict, but the use of military force is still one of the options they can accept - which they said would be the last option.
Last Sunday, the one-week deadline given by the organization to the soldiers who staged a coup in Niger was fulfilled.
The group asked the leaders of the coup to return the country to the path of democracy and release President Muhamed Bazoum or take military action against them.
The soldiers ignored the threats and continued to establish the interim government in the country.
Since the coup on July 26, the ECOWAS group has imposed sanctions on the country, including those imposed earlier this week.
The ECOWAS meeting is going on while reports on Wednesday indicate that Bazoum's food is running out and he is living in a bad situation.
The pirates point out that the ECOWAS group is in a difficult situation considering that many people are against taking military action.
In addition, the military that carried out the coup resisted any movement or team that was sent to intervene.
On Wednesday, the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, visited Niger where he met with the leader of the coup, General Abdourahamane Tchiani.
Sanusi told reporters that his visit to Niger was on his own initiative, not the president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Tinubu is the president of ECOWAS.
Shortly after his return, Sanusi had a private meeting with Tinubu.
The coup in Niger is the fourth that has happened in the past three years in the West African region.
Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea are all under military rule after coups in those countries.