West Africa's ECOWAS bloc aims to send a parliamentary committee to Niger to meet coup leaders who seized power last month and have resisted diplomatic pressure to step down
Western powers fear Russian influence could increase if the junta in Niger follows neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso, which ejected the troops of former colonial power France / Photo: Reuters
But coup leaders, headed by General Abdourahamane Tiani, have rebuffed diplomatic pressure from the Economic Community of West African States , the United States and others, raising the spectre of further conflict in the impoverished Sahel region of West Africa, which is already overrun by a deadly militant insurgency.
US, French, German and Italian troops are stationed in Niger, in a region where local affiliates of Al Qaeda and Daesh have killed thousands and displaced millions.The ECOWAS parliament met on Saturday to discuss further action in Niger. Western powers fear Russian influence could increase if the junta in Niger follows neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso, which ejected the troops of former colonial power France after coups in those countries.
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