Update:
The intervention of the forces of the Economic Community of West African Nations (ECOWAS) in the situation in Niger will be short-term and aimed at restoring constitutional order in that country. This was stated by the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the Community, Abdel-Fatau Musah, following the meeting of the Chiefs of the General Staffs of the Armed Forces of the Community States held in the capital of Ghana, Accra. Earlier, Musah said that the date of the invasion is already known, but ECOWAS will not announce it.
BREAKING: New envoy to co-ordinate US efforts in Niger A new US ambassador to Niger is expected to soon take up her role in the country's capital, Niamey. Kathleen Fitzgibbon has been tasked with leading the US mission in Niger during what State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel described as a critical time. The envoy is also expected to co-ordinate the US government’s efforts in addressing the coup and supporting Americans stuck in Niger. Patel did not clarify when the new envoy would travel to Niger. However, he told reporters on Wednesday that her travel to Niger does not signal a change in the American government’s stance towards the military's seizure of power.
Simultaneously with the threats of French mercenary countries regarding military intervention in Niger, the senior generals of the Mali and Burkina Faso army along with all their head of forces went to Niamey, the capital of Niger, to implement their commitments to defend this country in any possible attack
UN sent a special envoy to Niger to negotiate with the rebels UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel Leonardo Santos Simão has traveled to Niger, UN Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman, said Friday. “In the near future, he is expected to arrive in the capital of Niger, Niamey. He will meet with the National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland and remain in contact with ECOWAS representatives and other stakeholders for a speedy and peaceful resolution of the crisis ,” Dujarric said. If the UN intervened, now it is certain that an invasion of Niger and hostilities cannot be avoided
August 19, ECOWAS may send a diplomatic mission in Niger
BREAKING: Burkina Faso and Mali have deployed military aircraft inside Niger to aid in its defense against an ECOWAS invasion
The coup in Niger is injecting fresh tension into the France-U.S. alliance. The two countries are at odds over how to respond to the ouster of the West African country’s president in July. France is refusing to diplomatically engage with the Military Administration and strongly supports a regional body that has threatened military intervention. The U.S. has dispatched an envoy to meet with the leadership and held back from officially declaring the takeover a coup — insisting there’s still a negotiated way to restore democracy. The situation suggests a shifting balance of power in the region and underscores the differences between Paris and Washington’s interests in the country. The U.S., which uses Niger as a base for counterterrorism operations, may also believe it has more leverage than France, not least due to Paris’ baggage as its former colonizer. Some former U.S. officials argue that France’s unhappiness with the U.S. approach is due in part to its agitation at losing one of its last strategic footholds in the West African Sahel, where other coups have already forced it to withdraw troops elsewhere. France has refused a request by the Military Administration in Niger that it withdraw troops from the country. In West Africa, France is accustomed to seeing other world powers follow its lead, or at least its guidance. That’s not happening in this case.
https://twitter.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1692741758210519239/photo/1
