The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries disagreed over the necessity of military intervention in Niger. Al Jazeera.
According to the Qatari television channel, some attendees of the conference on Niger favor a diplomatic solution to the situation and point to the potential risks of intervention to the civilian population.
In this context, the representative of the ECOWAS Assembly said that the conference on Niger did not lead to any solution, but ECOWAS plans to send a parliamentary group to Niger to meet with the leaders of the rebels.
Formerly at ECOWAS declarationnot needing UN approval to intervene in Niger
26 July Niger President Mohammed Bazum and his wife delayed its own bodyguard the country’s armed forces on the night of July 27 stoped The work of all government agencies in the country imposed a curfew and closed the borders. At the same time, the rebels in Niger guaranteed physical integrity of the displaced authority.
27 July UN Secretary-General António Guterres He insisted Stop the rebellion and free President Bazum. revolt too prisoner in the USA and the European Union. In Russia He insisted The parties to the conflict enter into dialogue.
On July 28, the former head of the presidential guard, General Abdurahman Tchiani announced He is the head of the National Committee for the Liberation of the Fatherland on behalf of the army that carried out the coup.
Former leader of the rebels estimated “Massacre and chaos” under foreign intervention in Niger.