BREAKING: ECOWAS Announce Fresh Move After Niger Coup Leaders Ignored Sunday’s Deadline (DETAILS)

BREAKING: ECOWAS Announce Fresh Move After Niger Coup Leaders Ignored Sunday’s Deadline (DETAILS)

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS announced that its leaders are scheduled to convene on Thursday to address the crisis in Niger, where the military leadership has disregarded ECOWAS’ ultimatum to relinquish power or face potential military intervention…CONTINUE READING

“ECOWAS heads of state will convene an additional extraordinary summit to discuss the political situation in the Republic of Niger,” stated the 15-member organization in its initial official response following Niger’s failure to meet the Sunday deadline for reinstating democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum.

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The summit is planned to take place in Abuja, Nigeria, which is the current headquarters of ECOWAS, under the chairmanship of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.

Earlier on Monday, a source within ECOWAS indicated that immediate military intervention was not being contemplated at this stage by West African nations.

Italy and Germany advocated for a diplomatic resolution to the unrest in the troubled Sahel nation.

Neighboring countries Mali and Burkina Faso, both suspended from ECOWAS due to their own military coups, stated that they would send a joint official delegation to Niamey as a demonstration of “solidarity with the people of Niger.” They emphasized that military intervention would be tantamount to declaring war.