(by Andrea Pinto) After Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger, Gabon now also joins the list of African states governed by self-proclaimed governments, following coups perpetrated by regular army soldiers. The president of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba had won the general election for the third time in a row, thus continuing the unusual [...]
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The African Union ousts Niger from the international organization
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Today in Accra in Ghana there will be a new summit of the Chiefs of Staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The meeting was convened after the Abuja summit, in which the leaders of the countries involved decided on the preventive mobilization of a multinational military force of the organization (about three thousand men). How much […]
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“In the face of the threat of intervention becoming increasingly apparent… Nigerien airspace is closed as of today,” a representative of the junta said on national television Sunday evening. Last night, before the Ecowas ultimatum expired at midnight, Niger closed its airspace until further notice. In the […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) We feared and in some ways avoided a direct intervention in the affairs of Niger by the private company of Russian mercenaries Wagner. Apparently, however, Wagner and conversely Russia are plotting to set fire to the Sahel. The security and bravado of the Nigerien military junta are proof of this. After […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Intervening in Niger? The ultimatum of Ecowas - the community of West African states - launched to the Nigerien coup plotters to return to democratic leadership of the country expires on Sunday. However, just yesterday, the putschists received the support of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea in the event of a military attack by any block of [...]
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