ECOWAS defines the contours of a “possible military intervention”

2023-08-04 20:19:39

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The contours of a “possible military intervention” by ECOWAS against the putschists in Niger have been “defined”, one of the ECOWAS officials announced on Friday, after the meeting of the chiefs of staff. of the West African bloc in Abuja. The explanations of our correspondent Moïse Gomis.

Benin, a neighboring country of Niger, wanted diplomacy to remain “the preferred solution”, while affirming that it would follow the ECOWAS if it decided to intervene in Niger. NOTyour correspondent Emmanuelle SODJI was at the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Benin.

The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on Friday in the face of increased clashes between the army and local fighters in recent weeks in the Amhara region in the north of the country. The explanations of our correspondent Clothilde Hazard in Addis Ababa.

Tunisia denies carrying out such expulsions. For several weeks, since the clashes in Sfax, hundreds of migrants have been deported to the border with Libya. In the middle of the desert, under oppressive heat. You have to survive, sometimes without water or food.

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