Abdourahmane Tchiani as the country’s new leader, adding Niger to a growing list of military regimes in West Africa’s Sahel region. Members of the Niger military announced on Wednesday that they had deposed Bazoum and on Friday named Gen. Shortly after the ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, the President of Chad, Mahamat Deby arrived in Niger to lead mediation efforts, according to the state radio station in Chad.ĮCOWAS has struggled to make a definitive impact on the region’s political crises in the past but Bazoum was democratically elected two years ago in Niger’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence from France in 1960. ![]() The African Union has issued its own 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the democratically elected government. The United States and other European countries have helped train the nation’s troops.Īt an emergency meeting Sunday, the West African bloc known as ECOWAS said that it was suspending relations with Niger, and authorized the use of force if President Mohamed Bazoum is not reinstated within a week. France has 1,500 soldiers in the country who conduct joint operations with the Nigeriens. ![]() ![]() Niger, a French colony until 1960, had been seen as the West's last reliable partner battling jihadists in Africa’s Sahel region. French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that attacks on France and its interests would not be tolerated and anyone who attacks French citizens will see an immediate response.
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