Canada is speaking out against a coup d'état in Niger, but hasn't joined other nations in threatening to sanction or cut aid to the West African country.
Last Wednesday, a faction of Niger's military claimed to have overthrown the country's democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum after detaining him in his palace.
Britain and the European Union have pulled aid from the country, while Washington has mulled following suit. The Liberal government in Ottawa has given no indication it is thinking of cutting back on development and humanitarian dollars for Niger, which has amounted to roughly $60 million per year. At the time, Bazoum noted Canada had been less present in his country since the 1970s when Ottawa as the forefront of development programs.
Of Niger, Abrahamsen said: "This is sort of the last bastion of democracy, the last hope in the Sahel belt." The economic sanctions could have a deep effect on Nigeriens, who live in the third-poorest country in the world, according to the latest United Nations data. The country relies on imports from Nigeria for up to 90 per cent of its power, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
In the 1990s, ECOWAS intervened in Liberia during its civil war. In 2017, it intervened in Gambia to prevent the new president's predecessor, Yahya Jammeh, from disrupting the handover of power. Around 7,000 troops from Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal entered, according to the Global Observatory, which provides analysis on peace and security issues.
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