ECOWAS orders ‘immediate activation’ of standby force in Niger By Chris Liakos , Sophie Tanno , Martin Goillandeau and Larry Madowo , CNN 5 minute read ...

ECOWAS orders ‘immediate activation’ of standby force in Niger By Chris Liakos , Sophie Tanno , Martin Goillandeau and Larry Madowo , CNN 5 minute read ...

The West African bloc ECOWAS has threatened to use force in Niger, but while it decides what to do, the junta that overthrew the president gains power, analysts say.

Niger coup leaders close airspace, ignore international deadline to reinstate president 05:17. Johannesburg — A regional bloc of 15 nations in West Africa that had given the military coup ...

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS says it has chosen an undisclosed “D-Day” for a possible military intervention to restore Niger’s democratically elected president following last month ...

The African Union, which includes countries from across the continent, on Tuesday suspended Niger, condemned the coup and said it supported ECOWAS’s “sustained commitment to the restoration of ...

FILE - ECOWAS President Omar Touray, left, greets Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara at the ECOWAS emergency summit on the coup in Niger on Aug. 10, 2023, in Abuja, Nigeria.

Niger military officers deposed President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 and have defied calls from the United Nations, ECOWAS and Western powers to reinstate him, prompting West African heads of state ...

An ECOWAS-led military intervention in Niger and the resulting resistance from Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea could keep West and other parts of Africa sandwiched in “the middle of a ...

Ecowas commissioner for peace and security Abdel-Fatau Musah said the regional bloc wanted an immediate restoration of constitutional order and the release of Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum.

In Taiwan, a region in Niger, reports indicate that travelers with only ECOWAS passports are being turned back. Sources revealed that border officials insist on a Nigerien national passport for ...