The military coup in Niger
Experts: Military intervention will be difficult in practice
The West African Cooperation Organization Ecowas faces several difficult challenges if it decides to intervene militarily in Niger, with the aim of reinstating Mohamed Bazoum as president. This is what experts tell AFP.
In addition to the fact that it would be difficult to carry out a land offensive, so far only one country - the Ivory Coast - has mentioned how many soldiers they are willing to contribute.
"Fundamentally, the contingency force was not designed to restore constitutional order in a country," says Africa expert Marc-Andre Boisver at the Center FrancoPaix think tank. Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who deposed Bazoum.
File photo from August 6. Sam Mednick / AP
The Niger junta plans to prosecute ex-president Bazoum
Niger's military junta plans to impeach elected president Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a coup in late July. AFP writes. The junta claims he was guilty of high treason and that he undermined Niger's security.
The organization Human Rights Watch has described Bazoum's situation as "inhuman and cruel" after the arrest, writes TT. The EU and the African Union have also expressed concern about his condition.
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