This is a pivotal moment for ECOWAS and everyone of us must speak out. From Ghana to Nigeria, Ivory Coast to Guinea, tell your leaders that we do not want a military solution to the crisis in Niger Republic. It must NEVER again be recorded that Africans are attacking themselves. Put the carrots and call for dialogues.
ECOWAS will not just be fighting soldiers if they decide to attack the juntas of coups, they will be fighting that aspiration of HOPE in these West African countries. And because most ECOWAS big nations have not offered those HOPEs at home, they must be careful going against these citizens.
If we make a mistake of going kinetic, an African War will be born – and that will be a huge mistake. So, for all the benefits of declaring wars on fellow Africans, we must realize that you will destroy citizens to go after the juntas.
We have Sudan which no one remembers is still at war. It has been normalized and everyone has moved on, leaving the people to themselves. The solution in West Africa is dialogue and truckloads of palliatives. No War in ECOWAS.
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Let ECOWAS use the money for weapons, and move into Niger, and buy foodstuff, clean water, etc and recruit their soldiers to distribute them, with a clear mandate on return to democracy. The recent meeting of Chiefs of Defence Staff of the ECOWAS must not move to a kinetic action.
Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are meeting in Abuja over the situation in Niger where soldiers overthrew the elected government of Mohammed Bazoum.
The meeting is being attended by ten countries, including Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Liberia, Ghana, Gambia, Cote D’Ivoire, Cape Verde, Benin and Senegal.
Those absent from the meeting are Mali, Niger, Guinea, Guinea Bissau and Burkina Faso.
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence, Christopher Musa, is hosting the meeting.
On Sunday, leaders of ECOWAS slapped sanctions on Niger and warned they may use force to reinstate the ousted President.
The ECOWAS gave the junta in Niger a week to leave the stage and allow President Bazoum to resume work.
Earlier, the junta warned it would resist any plan of aggression against Niger by the ECOWAS or any Western power. (NAN)
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