Bloomberg Quicktake published this video item, entitled “Niger Coup: West Africa Bloc Threatens Force to Reinstate President” – below is their description.
West Africa’s regional economic bloc warned it may use military force to remove the leader of a coup in Niger unless the junta reinstates the nation’s democratically elected president.
The warning by the Economic Community of West African States came after thousands of people rallied in the capital, Niamey, on Sunday in support of the junta and staged a protest at the French Embassy in the center of the city. France, the former colonial power in Niger, said it will retaliate if any of its citizens are attacked.
Any military intervention by Ecowas would face considerable obstacles, and it’s more likely that the bloc will continue pressing to resolve the crisis through sanctions and diplomacy.
Niger is a key ally in the international fight against jihadism in the region, and hosts US and French bases. Last week’s coup creates a belt of military-run countries that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, many of them less friendly with the West than they are with Russia, which has made inroads in the region in recent years partly through the Wagner Group.
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