Since the coup erupted in Niger, Morocco has been reserved in its stance, in sharp contrast with ECOWAS and several AU members’ decisive action.
Since the Economic Community of West African States announced on 10 August that it was ready to intervene militarily in Niger, Morocco has remained silent on the coup, even as Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum has been in the hands of the putschists – led by General
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