Niger Junta Holds Talks With ECOWAS Delegation – News From Antiwar.com

A delegation representing the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) traveled to Niger’s capital Niamey on Saturday to meet with the military junta that deposed Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum in a July 26 coup. A source told The Associated Press that the two-hour discussion yielded no progress as the two sides remain far apart on the key issue. ECOWAS is demanding the reinstatement of Bazoum, but the junta, led by Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, is not backing down in the face of harsh sanctions and threats of military intervention. After the meeting on Saturday, Tchiani appeared on state TV and laid out a roadmap for the country that he said would restore civilian rule within three years. He said the details of the plan would be worked out within the next 30 days. The day before the meeting in Niamey, ECOWAS military chiefs concluded two days of talks in Ghana, where they discussed plans for military intervention. Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs, said the bloc was ready to intervene when given the order. “We are ready to go any time the order is given,” Musah said. “The D-day is also decided. We’ve already agreed and fine-tuned what will
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