West African leaders continue diplomatic efforts to reverse Niger's coup, maintaining military intervention option. Amidst global involvement, regional bloc seeks resolution to ongoing crisis. NigerCrisis Diplomacy MilitaryIntervention
West African leaders gather for Economic Community of West African States Head of States and Government meeting in Abuja, Nigeria August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Abraham AchirgaWest African leaders gather for Economic Community of West African States Head of States and Government meeting in Abuja, Nigeria August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Abraham Achirga
The Economic Community of West African States said on Saturday that it aimed to send a parliamentary committee to meet the coup leaders, who have imprisoned Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum and dissolved the elected government, in the seventh coup in West and Central Africa in three years. The coup leaders, headed by General Abdourahamane Tiani, have rebuffed prior diplomatic efforts by ECOWAS, the United States and others, raising the spectre of further conflict in the impoverished Sahel region of West Africa, which is already dealing with a deadly militant insurgency.
At stake is not just the fate of Niger – a major uranium producer and Western ally in the fight against the Islamists – but also the influence of rival global powers with strategic interests in the region.
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