Abdulsalami-led ECOWAS delegation arrives Niger to negotiate with coup leaders | TheCable NigerCoup
President Patrice Talon of Benin and the Chadian Leader Mahamat Déby, to Niger to speak with the coup plotters — but the actions did not yield any success.
Following a meeting on Sunday, ECOWAS announced a number of sanctions, including freezing “all commercial and financial transactions” between member states and Niger. The organisation also threatened to resort to the use of force if Bazoum is not reinstated within a week from the bloc’s last meeting.Earlier, Nigelec, Niger’s electricity company, said power shortages had hit the warring country after Nigeria’s government cut its supply.
The sanctions have prompted Mali and Burkina Faso, both still ruled by the military, to threaten that any further interventions in Niger would be considered a declaration of war against them, too.
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