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The three-year transition is unacceptable, stated Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS commissioner for politics and security, on Monday. This is in response to Niger’s General Abdourahamane Tiani – who took power after army officers toppled President Mohamed Bazoum on 26 July remarks that the transition would not go beyond three years.
The three-year transition is unacceptable, stated Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS commissioner for politics and security, on Monday. This is in response to Niger’s General Abdourahamane Tiani – who took power after army officers toppled President Mohamed Bazoum on 26 July remarks that the transition would not go beyond three years.
Musah spoke after a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) visited Niger for a final diplomatic push before deciding whether to take military action against Niger’s new rulers. He further stated that ECOWAS wants constitutional order to be restored as soon as possible.
In his televised address on Saturday, Tiani charged ECOWAS with preparing to attack Niger by setting up an occupying force in collaboration with a foreign army, without referencing which country.
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ECOWAS leaders say they have to act now that Niger has become the fourth West African nation since 2020 to suffer a coup, following Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali. The bloc has agreed to activate a “standby force” as a last resort to restore democracy in Niger and has said it is ready to act though it is still pursuing diplomacy. But it has given no date or details about any intervention. The coup has heightened international worries over instability in the Sahel region, which faces growing jihadist insurgencies linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
