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Niger’s coup leaders have given the French ambassador 48 hours to leave the country as bilateral ties continue to deteriorate rapidly. The junta said Sylvain Itte had refused to respond to an invitation to meet Niger’s foreign minister. France, a former colonial power, said the “putschists have no authority” to …

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu,  Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says Parliament opposed the proposed military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore democracy in Niger. He said that democracy must be at the forefront in Niger’s coup because the West African States have committed …

(This is a transcription of Ghana’s Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul’s address at the opening of the Extraordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff on the Niger situation.) On behalf of the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, President Nana …

An Author, Conflict & Security Analyst, who doubles as a Consultant on UN-AU Joint Planning for AU Peace Support Operations, says the Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, cannot on his own volition deploy troops in support of ECOWAS’ intended military deployment in Niger. According to him, Defence Ministers do not take …

Russia has warned that military intervention in Niger would lead to a “protracted confrontation” after regional bloc Ecowas said it would assemble a standby force. Such an intervention would destabilise the Sahel region as a whole, the Russian foreign ministry said. Russia does not formally back the coup. But the …