Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have left ECOWAS, the regional bloc that sanctioned them after military officers seized power in each. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nnamdi Obasi assesses the import of these events for West Africa’s security architecture and Nigeria’s influence therein.
The military no longer mean much to the people of the Niger Delta who are probably used to seeing them at their worst and so see nothing wrong in running them down and out of town. This crass belittlement of the military is not limited to the Niger Delta. It’s becoming widespread across the country. No less than 34 soldiers were ambushed and murdered in a single episode in Niger State in July 2023.
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