West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS agree to a plan for a possible intervention in Niger after the junta failed to restore civilian rule there following last week's coup
Regional powerhouse Nigeria holds the rotating ECOWAS presidency. Its leader, Bola Tinubu, has said the bloc would do "whatever it takes" to resolve the crisis amicably, with military intervention a last resort. / Photo: AFP
Military chiefs from The Economic Community of West African States were meeting in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Friday to discuss ways to respond to the crisis, the latest of several coups to hit Africa's Sahel region since 2020. These included"the resources needed, and including the how and when we are going to deploy the force", he added.
Musah did not say whether ECOWAS would deploy such a force at the end of the one-week deadline given to the junta but added that the junta should reinstate Mohamed Bazoum as president in the coming days or “we will make them handover to the civilians authorities.”
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