One week after a deadline passes for Niger's coup leaders to reinstate the country's ousted president or face military intervention, the junta continue their refusal to stand down
The head of the Sahel programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation says that it is unlikely for regional bloc ECOWAS to intervene militarily and risk dragging Niger into civil war. / Photo: Reuters
The West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States , had given the soldiers that overthrew Niger's democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum until last Sunday to release and reinstate him, threatening military action if the order was not followed. “It looks the putschists have won and will stay ... The putschists are holding all the cards and have cemented their rule,” said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
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