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🚩 More details about the ECOWAS standby force are emerging. RFI reports it will be constituted of 25.000 troops, with most coming from 🇳🇬 Nigeria. 🔹🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire announced it will commit up to 1100 troops. 🔹 RFI reports that 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau would also participate to the force. 🔹 🌍🇫🇷🇺🇸 The African Union, France, and

🚩 The ECOWAS orders the deployment of its standby force “to restore constitutional order in Niger”. Still unclear what it implies yet. ◽️The Associated Press reports the junta threatens to kill Bazoum if a military intervention is conducted. ◽️ 🇺🇸 The US expressed concern over Bazoum’s health and safety. ◽️🇳🇪 The junta appointed a new

Of the 21 positions, 15 ministries are held by civilians, and 6 by military officers. Complete list: PRIME MINISTER (Appointed on 7 August 2023)Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY OF THE CNSP PRESIDENTSoumana Boubacar MINISTER FOREIGN AFFAIRSBakary Yaou Sangaré MINISTER OF PETROLEUM, MINES, AND ENERGYMahaman Moustapha Barké MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTSAlio Daouda

▫️ The ECOWAS will hold a new summit in Abuja on Aug. 10. ▫️ Rhissa Ag Boula, former Minister of State, created the Council of Resistance for the Republic (CRR), aiming to reinstate Bazoum. ▫️ 🇧🇫🇲🇱 A joint Burkinabè and Malian delegation met Tchiani on Aug. 7. ▫️ 🇺🇸 The same day, a senior US

Following the expiration of ECOWAS’s deadline, the junta is consolidating its power by appointing new officials at key positions. Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine notably becomes Prime Minister under the junta’s rule. New appointments: 🔺Prime Minister: Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine 🔺President of the High Authority for the Consolidation of Peace: Brigade General Amadou Didilli 🔺Inspector General

The deadline set by ECOWAS did (or will soon) expire. Niger reacted by closing its airspace and claims that two ‘central African countries’ predeployed troops. It also warns that any country taking part in an intervention will be considered as cobelligerent. In recent regional developments, 🇩🇿 Algeria repeatedly opposed any military intervention. Meanwhile, 🇹🇩 Chad

🇳🇪 #Niger – Regional monitoring following Niger’s coup, as of 5 August 2023. 🔸 As reported by Wassim Nasr, Niger’s junta held talks with 🇷🇺 #Wagner representatives in Bamako to discuss a potential deployment in Niamey. 🔸 Bazoum is calling on the 🇺🇸 #US to halt the coup. 🔸 🇳🇬 #Nigeria has cut off its