Niger’s junta leader General Abdourahamane Tiani rejects international sanctions, vowing not to bow to “threats” as ECOWAS says military intervention is “last resort”
Speaking in a televised address, General Tiani said the sanctions were "cynical and iniquitous" and designed to "humiliate" the defence and security forces and Niger, and make the country "ungovernable".Democratically elected Bazoum, 63, was overthrown on July 26 when members of his own guard detained him at the presidency. / Photo: AFP
The leader of the coup that toppled Niger's president has said that French citizens had no reason to quit the country, but rejected international sanctions, vowing not to bow to"threats". Responding to the international sanctions imposed in response to the coup on Wednesday, General Abdourahamane Tiani said the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland "rejects these sanctions as a whole and refuses to give in to any threat, wherever it comes from".
Economic Community of West African States leaders have imposed trade and financial sanctions and threatened the use of force if the junta does not restore ousted President Mohamed Bazoum by Sunday.in as many years, President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by his own guard, sounding alarm bells in the region and beyond.
In the televised address, Tiani said Niger would not bow to regional and international pressure to reinstate President Mohammed Bazoum.
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