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2023-08-19 Africa North
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ECOWAS chiefs set date for start of military operation in Niger
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] At a meeting in Accra, the capital of Ghana, the chiefs of general staff of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) agreed to launch a military invasion of Niger, without naming a specific date. The corresponding statement of the organization's commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, Abdel Fatau Musakh, was broadcast on August 18 by the Al Jazeera TV channel.
ECOWAS DETERMINED BUT DID NOT DISCLOSE THE DATE OF THE INVASION OF NIGER
“We are ready to move at any time when the order is given. D-Day is also decided. We have already agreed and finalized what is required for the intervention,” Musakh said.
"Shhhh. It's a secret"
The ECOWAS commissioner stressed that the organization is still preparing a mediation mission to Niger, so "not a single door has been closed."
Musah added that what is happening in Niger is part of a series of upheavals in the region, ECOWAS will try to put an end to this.
As reported by IA Regnum , earlier the head of the ruling in Niger after the coup d'état "National Council for the Defense of the Fatherland" General Abdurahman Tchiani agreed to start negotiations with the leaders of ECOWAS. He expressed his desire to diplomatically resolve the situation in the country that arose as a result of a coup d'état and the removal of Niger's President Mohamed Bazum from power.
On the night of July 27, a rebellion took place in Niger, organized by a group of military men. Its participants seized power in the country and overthrew the incumbent President Bazum.
On 30 July, ECOWAS held its first meeting on the situation in Niger. The organization gave the rebels a week to restore constitutional order in the country, otherwise ECOWAS promised to take the measures it deems necessary.
In turn, the rebels who seized power in Niger, at a meeting with the arrived in Niamey and. O. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland threatened to kill deposed President Mohamed Bazum if neighboring states invaded the country.
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Burkina Faso and Mali deployed combat aircraft to respond to any aggression against Niger. This was reported in the publication of the RTN channel in the social network X.
"These two brotherly countries have deployed warplanes to respond to any form of aggression against Niger," the channel said on social media.
The exact location of the aircraft is not specified.
At the same time, according to the channel, the officers of the General Staffs of the three countries met in Niamey.
In late July, the military in Niger announced the removal of President Mohamed Bazum from power. The leaders of most Western countries and ECOWAS condemned the coup.
In early August, community members adopted a plan in case of military intervention in Niger. Last week, the bloc's heads of state called for an early invasion. This decision was supported by the USA and France.
At the same time, it was specified that the chiefs of the general staffs of the ECOWAS member countries would hold several more conferences to finalize the issues. Later it became known that the countries of the organization had already agreed on the date for the introduction of troops.
The Associated Press reported, citing sources, that rebels in Niger told Deputy State Department Secretary Victoria Nuland that they would kill Mohamed Bazum if they intervened.
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