ECOWAS delegation in Niger for talks with junta – DW – 08/19/2023
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The West African bloc sent a delegation to Niger to seek a peaceful resolution after it had indicated a standby force was ready to intervene.
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    Tchiani’s remarks came as a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met with the  junta leader on Saturday, in an effort to seek peace over a military intervention in coup-hit Niger.

    ECOWAS leaders say they have been compelled to act after Niger became the fourth West African nation since 2020 to experience a coup, following Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso.

    The deposed president has been under house arrest since the July 26 power grab at the hands of members of Niger’s presidential guard, headed by Abdourahmane Tchiani.

    Meanwhile, Niger and neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso, say a defensive strategy has been developed with “concrete measures,” should ECOWAS opt to “escalate a war,” Nigerien state television announced.

    “We are prepared for an attack,” Burkina Faso’s defense minister, Kassoum Coulibaly, said on Saturday after a meeting of representatives of the three countries in the Nigerien capital of Niamey.

    The Sahel region is in the grip of growing jihadi insurgencies linked to al-Qaeda and the so-called “Islamic State” terror group, with frustration over the violence among the catalysts for the military takeovers.

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