I guess France is using it's faux democratic puppet alignment to go to war?
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๐ซ๐ท๐โ๐ณ๐ช โ French Foreign Minister: ECOWAS has taken firm decisions on Niger, which mean that the time for coups and individual adventures is over
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โก๏ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ชEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gives 1 week for ousted Prez Bazoum (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/24678) to be returned to power in Niger following coup (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/24861).
ECOWAS warns if its demands arenโt met after week, all measures are on table including military force.
Union also declares economic blockade on Niger, suspending financial transactions and declaring no-fly zone over country.
ECOWAS is political and economic union of 15 countries in West Africa, which also serves as "peacekeeping" force in region.
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๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ช - Algerian outlet Intel Kirby writes, about a potential ECOWAS-led invasion of Niger, that "Algeria will not sit idly while a neighboring country is being invaded".
๐๐ ECOWAS Members:
โ Benin ๐ง๐ฏ
โ Cape Verde ๐จ๐ป
โ Gambia ๐ฌ๐ฒ (Currently under ECOWAS occupation)
โ Guinea-Bissau ๐ฌ๐ผ
โ Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ
โ Liberia ๐ฑ๐ท
โ Niger (Former French-aligned Government) ๐ณ๐ช
โ Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ
โ Senegal ๐ธ๐ณ
โ Sierra Leone ๐ธ๐ฑ
โ Togo ๐น๐ฌ
Bellum Acta - Intel, Urgent News and Archives, [30-07-23 19:02]
๐ณ๐ช - Niger junta chief Tchiani says will "pronounce" about the ECOWAS ultimatum in a coming hours - official Twitter
Bellum Acta - Intel, Urgent News and Archives, [30-07-23 19:02]
๐ณ๐ช - Scholar Nathaniel Powell: I don't know how popular the putsch really is (you can't really gauge from street protests), but it's a sure bet that any ECOWAS/Nigeria or French-backed restoration [by force] of the ancien regime will have huge legitimacy problems.
Bellum Acta - Intel, Urgent News and Archives, [30-07-23 19:06]
๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐บ - Panafricanist Twitter outlet Larmes des Pauvres says that unofficial contacts began between Tchiani and Prigozhin.