ECOWAS has announced that its leaders would be meeting on Thursday, August 10, to deliberate on the situation in Niger, whose military men have disregarded its ultimatum to surrender or face likely military intervention.
“ECOWAS heads of state (will) hold another extraordinary summit on the political situation in the Republic of Niger.”
The 15-member bloc had said in its first official statement –after the Republic of Niger ignored the Sunday deadline to reestablish democratically elected President, Mohamed Bazoum– that the ECOWAS heads of states would be holding another important summit to discuss on the political situation in Niger.
This meeting will be held in Abuja, Nigeria, as the present Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu is the current ECOWAS chairman.
Earlier today, an ECOWAS source revealed that West African nations were not intending an immediate military intervention at this stage
Italy and Germany have since called for a diplomatic solution in the troubled Sahel nation.
Meanwhile Mali has stated that it and Burkina Faso (already suspended from ECOWAS over their own military takeover) were sending joint official emissaries to Niamey to show “support (to) the people of Niger”.
Both countries have also said that a military intervention was essentially tantamount to a declaration of war.
