ECOWAS

August 21, (THEWILL) - Turkish leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has rejected plans by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to deploy military action to restore democracy in Niger Republic. The state television channel, TRT, quoted Erdogan...

August 21, (THEWILL) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected a three-year transition to democracy programme proposed by the military junta in Niger Republic. THEWILL had earlier reported that General Abdourahamane Tchiani, leader of the...

Augus 20, (THEWILL) - The world has returned to the climax of a Cold War and Ukraine and the Sahel region seem to be the operational theatres of the absurd. Although it is a complex and sloppy terrain, only...

August 19, (THEWILL) - In a last minute effort to avoid potential military action, West African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations (UN), have opened a last-ditch diplomatic option with the...

August 19, (THEWILL) - The military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at a meeting in Ghana, coordinated a plan for a possible military operation in Niger, Abdel-Fatau Musah, the West African bloc’s...

August 17, (THEWILL) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says most of its member states are ready to participate in a standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic. Although ECOWAS defence chiefs, at its meeting...

August 15, (THEWILL) - West African military chiefs will meet this week to review the political situation in Niger Republic. According to AFP report, the meeting, earlier scheduled for last Saturday, would now hold on Thursday and...

August 14, (THEWILL) - The United States has commended Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu’s leadership of ECOWAS to restore constitutional order in tin Niger Republic. US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, gave the commendation in a tweet on X, ...

August 14, (THEWILL) - The African Union (AU), on Monday, held talks on the ongoing political impasse in Niger. “AU’s Peace & Security Council meets to receive an update on the evolution of the situation in Niger and the...

On 26 July, Niger experienced the fifth military coup in its troubled history. The head of the Presidential Guard, General Omar Tchiani, led a group of army officers to overthrow and detain the civilian President Mohamed Bazoum. On the...