ECOWAS Military Plans in Niger Could Lead to Wider Conflict DeutscheWelle: WestAfrica
by the bloc leaders is wrought with inconsistencies and highlights the complicated nature of the challenges facing the region.
Touray added, however, that West African leaders had acknowledged the failure of diplomacy, leaving them with force as the last option. "I don't see it as a contradiction. I see it as naturally having several aces up your sleeve, several options," he said."In the event that one option fails, then you resort to the other."
Apostle Ambe Valentine, a political and economic consultant based in Cameroon, told DW Niger is being used as a patsy to wage a proxy war between world powers.. The tension is mounting. Extending it to Africa will be the spark of a third world war," he said.and are unable make headway, are using Africa as a new battleground.
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