Following last month’s coup, the African Union has suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities.
Other military juntas in Africa are backing the Niger coup with threats of force, defying regional leaders. Some are looking to Russia and Putin.Rights groups also say they’ve been unable to access ministers and political elites who were detained after the July 26 coup.on Tuesday asked ECOWAS and the AU Commission, which is based in Ethiopia’s capital and oversees the bloc’s day-to-day affairs, to submit a list of the military junta’s members for the purposes of imposing targeted sanctions.
The Peace and Security Council could overrule a military intervention if it felt that wider stability on the continent was threatened by it. It has not so far, but analysts say such a move would leave ECOWAS with few grounds under which it could claim a legal justification to use force in Niger. “While ECOWAS member states approved military intervention to reestablish Mohamed Bazoum into power, the AU remains divided and hesitant about the use of force. There are countries that are opposed to a military intervention,” Rida Lyammouri, a senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, a Morocco-based think tank, said.
The Peace and Security Council urged the Nigerien military to immediately and unconditionally return soldiers to their barracks and submit to civilian authorities.
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The African Union suspends Niger until 'the effective restoration of constitutional order'The African Union on Tuesday suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities following last month’s coup “until the effective restoration of constitutional order.”
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The African Union suspends Niger until 'the effective restoration of constitutional order'The African Union on Tuesday suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities following last month’s coup “until the effective restoration of constitutional order.”.
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The African Union suspends Niger until 'the effective restoration of constitutional order'The African Union on Tuesday suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities following last month’s coup “until the effective restoration of constitutional order.”.
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African Union suspends Niger from its organization until constitutional order restoredFollowing a coup that overthrew democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum, the African Union has suspended Niger from all activities organized by the 55-nation bloc.
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