The coup of Niger: The second day of the ECOWAS military chiefs meeting Today Friday, the military chiefs of the West African countries are...
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The coup of Niger: The second day of the ECOWAS military chiefs meeting
Today Friday, the military chiefs of the West African countries are discussing the second and last day in the city of Accra, Ghana, where they spoke about the possibility of using military force in Niger, if the diplomatic system fails to bring the end of the military coup.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 26, the military officers overthrew the elected President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, and ignored the calls made by the United Nations, ECOWAS and others. to be reinstated, which made the countries of the region to order their forces to be ready. on logistics and other things that can be deployed, as the official schedule shows.
The use of military force is still a last resort, but "if all else fails, the heroes of West Africa are ready to respond to the call to action," said ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security Abdel-Fatau Musah. , at the beginning of the meeting on Thursday.
He said that most of the 15 countries of the group are ready to join the armed forces, except for those under military rule, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea and the small country of Cape Verde.