ECOWAS

• Niger residents, fearing invasion, call for army recruitment to protect coup

  ECOWAS has activated a 'standby force' to restore order in Niger after the junta ignored a deadline to release and reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum.

  World

  Aug 16, 2023
  
• With pressure on Niger mounting, armed intervention unlikely: expert

  ECOWAS activated its standby force and the U.S. says Niger's military junta is responsible for the health of the ousted president. An expert says intervention isn't likely.

  World

  Aug 11, 2023
  
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• Could Niger’s turmoil echo Syria — and give extremists a new foothold?

  West African states will hold a summit on Thursday to discuss Niger's junta, after backing down from military intervention, as fears of a power vacuum grow.

  Politics

  Aug 9, 2023
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• Deadline arrives for Niger juntas to reinstate president but tensions remain

  Nigeria's Senate pushed back on Saturday against the plan by ECOWAS urging Nigeria's president, the bloc's current chair, to explore options other than the use of force.

  World

  Aug 6, 2023
• Mali transitional president appoints new prime minister days after being sworn in

  The appointment of a civilian prime minister was a major condition imposed by the West African regional economic bloc, ECOWAS, on Mali to lift sanctions that were imposed after an Aug. 18 coup.

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2020