ECOWAS is ready to invade Niger, to restore democracy after last month’s coup, the bloc said Friday, though there is still time for dialogue.
ECOWAS, a regional bloc founded in 1975, is itself split. Of its 15 members, three — Guinea, Mali and Burkina-Faso — have been suspended following coups of their own. The coup-installed governments in Mali and Burkina-Faso have said they supported Niger’s military government.In addition to the military-led countries, the small island nation of Cape Verde is not contributing to the preparation for military intervention, according to ECOWAS.
ECOWAS has intervened militarily several times since 1990 when it formed its military arm, the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group. Speaking on Friday, Musah emphasized the bloc’s history of military intervention and said that no external power was pushing ECOWAS to invade. “We want to get back to constitutional normalcy, and the decision is that the coup in Niger is one coup too many for the region, and we are putting a stop to it at this time,” he said.
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