African Union hosts Niger talks as regime sends mixed signals
Those attending include AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat as well as representatives from Niger and the West African bloc ECOWAS
Those attending include AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat as well as representatives from Niger and the West African bloc ECOWAS
ECOWAS military chiefs of staff have agreed a plan for a possible intervention to respond to the crisis, the latest of several coups to hit Africa’s Sahel region since 2020.
At an emergency summit in Nigeria, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc demanded Bazoum be reinstated within a week.
General Tchiani said that while Bazoum had sought to convince people that “all is going well… the harsh reality (is) a pile of dead, displaced, humiliation and frustration”.
Niger has suffered from chronic political volatility since gaining independence from France in 1960
Taraba ni mojawapo ya majimbo kadhaa ya kaskazini yaliyoharibiwa na magenge ya wahalifu wa wezi wa mifugo wanaovamia vijiji, kuua wakazi na kupora nyumba pamoja na kuwateka nyara watu ili wadai fidia.
Niger Imekabiliana na makundi kama vile Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) upande wa magharibi, pamoja na Boko Haram na Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) kusini mashariki
The Economic Community of West African States suspended Mali following military coups in August 2020 and May 2021.
Africa has experienced more coups than any other continent.