Ana Rita Gil*, Aylin Yildiz
Noorda** & Lucas Ricardo***
* Professor, Law Faculty of the
University of Lisbon, Portugal. Researcher at the Lisbon Public Law. Email:
anaritagil@fd.ulisboa.pt.
** Postdoctoral Researcher at the
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Protesters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested Sunday (4 February), a day after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election.
The three countries have had tense ties with the regional economic group after coups in recent years.
Troops involved in anti-terror operations are coming home, Macron announced.
Niger’s ruling junta has ordered police to expel France’s ambassador, a move marking a further downturn in relations, and one that authorities in Paris said the army officers who seized power in Niamey last month had no authority to make.
Following in the footsteps of the West African regional body ECOWAS, the EU aims to slap the same sanctions on the junta that seized power in Niger several weeks ago, EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell confirmed in Toledo, Spain on Wednesday (30 August).
Measures on Niger have become the focal point of an EU meeting in Spain.
AU opposes countries outside Africa getting involved, but gives more nuanced position on any Ecowas military actionThe African Union (AU) appears to have left room open for military intervention by a west African political bloc to restore democracy in …
Officials in Paris are frustrated that their American counterparts have been willing to engage with the junta that overthrew Niger’s president.
The meeting comes a week after ECOWAS said a standby force could be used to resolve the crisis in Niger.
“It will not contribute to a peaceful resolution of this crisis,” a State Department spokesman said.
Coup leaders in Niger are open to diplomacy to resolve a standoff with West Africa’s regional bloc, a group of senior Nigerian Islamic scholars said on Sunday (13 August) after meeting the junta in Niamey.
France “fully supports” the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) decision to action a standby military force on the borders of Niger, the Foreign Affairs ministry announced late on Thursday (10 August).
‘No option is taken off the table’ to return democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum to power, says ECOWAS bloc.
Niger was slapped with more sanctions on Tuesday (8 August), hours after its new military leaders rejected the latest diplomatic mission aimed at restoring constitutional order following a 26 July coup.
West African leaders scheduled a summit for Thursday to discuss the Niger junta’s rejection of an ultimatum to reinstate the ousted president, as the United States sent a top official to Niamey to push for a return to democracy.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says his country opposes any military intervention in Niger.
Threat of military intervention made by ECOWAS ‘must be taken very seriously,’ French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna says.
West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Friday (4 August) its military chiefs had agreed a plan for a possible intervention in Niger, after it failed to secure a return to civilian rule there following last week’s coup.
Niger’s junta revoked a raft of military cooperation agreements with France on Thursday (3 August) – a decision that could drastically reshape a fight against Islamist insurgents in the region after the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum last week.
The junta that seized power in Niger last week detained senior politicians on Monday (31 July), their party said, defying international calls to restore democratic rule, while fellow military rulers in West Africa expressed their support.
West African nations imposed sanctions and threatened force on Sunday (30 July) if Niger’s coup leaders fail to reinstate ousted President Mohammed Bazoum within a week, while supporters of the junta attacked the French embassy in Niamey. The 15-…
Niger’s military leaders warned against any armed intervention in the country as West African leaders are set to gather in Nigeria’s capital for an emergency summit to decide on further actions to pressure the army to restore constitutional order.
