Military Developments In The Niger Junta/ECOWAS Standoff

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ECOWAS chiefs of staff to meet in Ghana on Thursday and Friday

The chiefs of staff of the ECOWAS will meet in Ghana on Thursday and Friday to discuss a possible military intervention in Niger, regional military sources said on Tuesday.

While several countries, such as Côte d'Ivoire, have said they are ready to send their armies to Niger, ECOWAS says it wants to give priority to "diplomatic channels".

The idea of military intervention is divisive: political, religious and civil society voices are being raised in ECOWAS countries, fearing serious consequences for their country and for the Sahel region.

Africa Intel yet again reminds that the idea of intervention by ECOWAS is unrealistic when all those country lack enough military power and have a lot of inner problems with economics, separatists, terrorists, etc.

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Despite the headline, reporting in the article suggests that intervention is far from definite.​

West African bloc prepared for military intervention after Niger coup​

Ecowas says it is ready to restore democracy and describes president Mohamed Bazoum as a hostage
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james smith esq said:

Despite the headline, reporting in the article suggests that intervention is far from definite.​

West African bloc prepared for military intervention after Niger coup​

Ecowas says it is ready to restore democracy and describes president Mohamed Bazoum as a hostage
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Biafra already said that they'd oppose an ECOWAS intervention. The last time Biafra rose up, there was a civil war, and Nigeria already has plenty of instability.
 
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This article provides quite a bit more context and detail:

ECOWAS defence chiefs declare readiness to invade Niger​

By Tope Templer Olaiya (News Editor), Bertram Nwannekanma and Albert Uba
18 August 2023 | 4:27 am

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Although light on details, these two articles comprise the most recent developments.​

11 West African nations commit to a military deployment to restore Niger’s ousted president​

Associated Press / 11:22 AM August 19, 2023
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Mali, Burkina Faso send warplanes to Niger in response to potential military intervention​

2 countries turn commitments into action by deploying warplanes, says Niger's state television​

Fatma Esma Arslan |19.08.2023 - Update : 19.08.2023
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james smith esq said:

Although light on details, these two articles comprise the most recent developments.​

11 West African nations commit to a military deployment to restore Niger’s ousted president​

Associated Press / 11:22 AM August 19, 2023
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Mali, Burkina Faso send warplanes to Niger in response to potential military intervention​

2 countries turn commitments into action by deploying warplanes, says Niger's state television​

Fatma Esma Arslan |19.08.2023 - Update : 19.08.2023
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they can't be serious. their governments are barely hanging on at home. West Africa has long been unstable from the Sahel to the Congo since the end of colonialism - and colonialism was bad enough. Of course, sometimes you don't look for trouble, but trouble looks for you. this isn't one of those times. This is them voluntarily stepping into a ridiculously complex situation involving ethnic and religious dividing lines.
 
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Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger discuss response ( Joint Defence Strategy ) to ECOWAS military threat​

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have met to discuss a joint defence strategy in response to the announcement by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS military intervention in the coup.

Military staff of the three countries met in the Nigerien capital Niamey to decide on “concrete measures” in case ECOWAS chooses to “escalate a war,” according to local media reports on Saturday.

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have all been under military rule since coups in their respective countries and had therefore been kicked out of ECOWAS.

ECOWAS declared on Friday, that its forces were ready to intervene in Niger “once the order is given,” following the shock coup that took place just over three weeks ago.

A specific date for an intervention was not released.

All options, including a diplomatic solution, remain on the table, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musah said.

Military chiefs from nine out of the 15-member countries deliberated during a two-day meeting in Ghana’s capital, Accra.

An ECOWAS mission would initially travel to Niger, according to Musah.

If this fails, the regional bloc would resort to a military solution to restore constitutional order in Niger.

A date for a potential military action has already been set, but cannot be disclosed publicly, the ECOWAS commissioner said.

All member states except those ruled by the military, as well as Cape Verde, have reportedly agreed to participate. (dpa/NAN)
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FairAndUnbiased said:
Biafra already said that they'd oppose an ECOWAS intervention. The last time Biafra rose up, there was a civil war, and Nigeria already has plenty of instability.
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There isn't going to be any Biafran uprising. The Nigerian civil war was borne from very unique set of circumstances and the first generation of Nigerian soldiers were different. Biafra part II are nothing but a bunch of noisemakers, they are simply doing it for a check at this point, these noisemakers also said there won't be elections in "Biafraland" a few months ago and nothing happened.
 
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There isn't going to be any Biafran uprising. The Nigerian civil war was borne from very unique set of circumstances and the first generation of Nigerian soldiers were different. Biafra part II are nothing but a bunch of noisemakers, they are simply doing it for a check at this point, these noisemakers also said there won't be elections in "Biafraland" a few months ago and nothing happened.
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There is an uprising in Biafra right now. Nigeria has multiple insurgencies occurring at the same time:
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Invading a sovereign country in the midst of this because of an imaginary pipeline, is careless.
 
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There is an uprising in Biafra right now. Nigeria has multiple insurgencies occurring at the same time:
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Invading a sovereign country in the midst of this because of an imaginary pipeline, is careless.
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Uprising? Not from where I'm standing there isn't. Again it's just a bunch of loudmouths trying to cause trouble and steal people's hard earned money.

Nigeria doesn't want coups to become the norm in the region and while I can't stand the current governments military governments are most likely going to be worse. Besides, Wagner shouldn't be having a say in West African affairs. I make no distinctions between the Russians and the West, they are all Europeans who should not be given power over African resources.
 
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