ECOWAS orders 'immediate activation' of standby force in Niger | CNN

West African leaders have ordered the activation of the regional group’s standby force, following a coup last month in Niger

Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria after the expiration of the one-week ultimatum they gave to the Niger’s military junta, leaders from the Economic Community of West African States called for a deployment “to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger,” according to a statement read by Omar Alieu Touray, President of the

responded days later by enacting sanctions and issuing an ultimatum to the ruling military junta: stand down within a week or face a potential military intervention. That deadline came and went on Sunday, August 6, without any change in the political situation. troops. The communique is “about mobilizing the required resources should an intervention be needed, but it’s also a signal to the junta in Niger that

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