Niger coup: ECOWAS “ready” for military intervention if diplomatic efforts to restore order fail

On Thursday, the West African bloc ECOWAS said it is ready to take military intervention in Niger should diplomatic efforts to reverse the ongoing coup there fail.

Niger’s military junta took over democratic power on July 26 and kidnapped the country’s democratically-elected president, Mohamed Bazoum.

ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security Abdel-Fatau Musah accused the junta that deposed Bazoum on July 26 of "playing cat-and-mouse" with the bloc by refusing to meet with envoys and seeking justifications for the takeover.

“Let no-one be in doubt that if everything else fails, the valiant forces of West Africa, both the military and the civilian components, are ready to answer to the call of duty,” Musah said.

After their request to have Bazoum reinstated as Niger’s president was ignored by the junta, ECOWAS activated a “standby force” to help restore order in the nation.

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