COUP: Tension Increase, As Burkina Faso, Mali Deploy Fighter Jets To Protect Niger After ECOWAS Fresh Threat
Afnews Editor
Aug 19, 2023
COUP: Tension Increase, As Burkina Faso, Mali Deploy Fighter Jets To Protect Niger After ECOWAS Fresh Threat
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Burkina Faso and Mali have deployed war planes to Niger Republic following the Economic Community of West Africa possible armed intervention to restore democracy in Niger Republic.
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Niger television station reported joint efforts by Mali and Burkina Faso in support of Niger and the deployment of warplanes within Niger's borders on Friday.
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"Mali and Burkina Faso turned their commitments into concrete action by deploying warplanes to respond to any attack on Niger,ÔÇØ it said, noting the planes were Super Tucano fighter jets.
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The coup leaders imprisoned President Mohamed Bazoum on June 26 and dissolved the elected government of Niger, a major uranium producer and Western ally in the fight against an Islamist insurgency.
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On July 30, ECOWAS, led by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, decided on sanctions against the military personnel in Niger and gave a week ultimatum to the military junta to restore ousted Bazoum to office.
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After the one-week ultimatum expired, West African leaders met on August 10 and approved a "standby forceÔÇØ to reinstate elected Bazoum.
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The coupists had called the bluff of ECOWAS and vowed to resist foreign intervention.
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Subsequently, ECOWAS Defence Chiefs were ordered to activate the region's force for action to restore civil rule in Niger, noting that it will invade the country on the "D-Day.ÔÇØ
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But the military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso called ECOWAS's bluff, saying an armed intervention in Niger would be met with force.
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The television station said the military leaders from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger convened Friday in the Nigerien capital Niamey to decide on "concrete measuresÔÇØ in case ECOWAS chooses to "escalate a war.ÔÇØ
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