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The European Union (EU) has initiated measures to impose sanctions on members of Niger’s military junta. This comes after three months they seized power in a coup.
The European Union (EU) has initiated measures to impose sanctions on members of Niger’s military junta. This comes after three months they seized power in a coup.The EU Council said recently that it had taken steps to empower itself to impose sanctions on individuals and entities found responsible for threatening the peace, stability, and security of Niger. It further said that sanctions will target individuals who undermine Niger’s constitutional order, democracy, or rule of law including human rights violations or abuses.
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The sanctions will be of different types, such as travel bans, asset freezes, and restrictions on providing funds to those who are sanctioned. The EU also sent in clear terms its support to the ECOWAS in its effort to bring peace to the West African bloc. It reiterated its stand that military coups come at a cost. It is to be noted that EU pronouncements on sanctions make exemptions on humanitarian grounds including the asset freeze. The European Union’s decision comes in the wake of sanctions already imposed on Niger by ECOWAS. The US also suspended its aid to Niger.
