ECOWAS considers military deployment in Niger after coup but seeks diplomatic solutions riotimesonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from riotimesonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BREAKING: ECOWAS orders immediate standby force against Niger junta hallmarknews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hallmarknews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ECOWAS’ larger aims are to have a single common currency and create a single, large trading bloc in western Africa, but it has also intervened militarily in the region in the past.
On Wednesday, July 26, a military junta detained Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum and toppled the democratic government in the country. Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani thereafter announced himself as the head of the junta in the Francophone country, after the successful coup by the Presidential Guard. The event has led to many actions and reactions including moves…