Niger (along with two other West African countries Mali and Burkina Faso) have had coups (thanks Putin/Wagner).
France has evacuated Europeans:
The US has partially evacuated its Embassy:
ECOWAS is mulling an intervention:
Of course, Mali and Burkina Faso (or rather their military dictators) have pledged support for Niger. Guinea seems to be supportive too. Could be interesting to see what Algeria does too. France (and the US/West, in general, might well provide some support to ECOWAS).
More indications of potential ECOWAS intervention here:
An apparent leaked warning order given to Nigerian troops:
Anyway, thought I'd create a separate thread for this as it looks like war is quite possibly about to break out in West Africa with democratic ECOWAS states on one side (quite possibly supported by the West) and three (potentially 4) military dictatorships on the other side supported by Russia/Wagner.
France has evacuated Europeans:
Niger coup: Evacuated European nationals arrive in Paris and Rome
It comes amid growing anti-French sentiment, with France's embassy recently coming under attack.
www.bbc.co.uk
The US has partially evacuated its Embassy:
Niger: US announces partial evacuation of embassy
Hundreds of foreign nationals have already been evacuated from the country since a coup last week.
www.bbc.co.uk
ECOWAS is mulling an intervention:
Of course, Mali and Burkina Faso (or rather their military dictators) have pledged support for Niger. Guinea seems to be supportive too. Could be interesting to see what Algeria does too. France (and the US/West, in general, might well provide some support to ECOWAS).
More indications of potential ECOWAS intervention here:
An apparent leaked warning order given to Nigerian troops:
Anyway, thought I'd create a separate thread for this as it looks like war is quite possibly about to break out in West Africa with democratic ECOWAS states on one side (quite possibly supported by the West) and three (potentially 4) military dictatorships on the other side supported by Russia/Wagner.