The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the organization is planning to intensify its efforts in Burkina Faso to help internally displaced persons and those affected by the persisting humanitarian crisis.
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A delegation consisting of representatives of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the United Nations will travel to Niger on Tuesday to meet with coup leaders.
On Tuesday, the Niger coup leaders vowed to resist external pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum after ECOWAS imposed sanctions and Western allies suspended aid.
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has advised President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), against the plan to attack Niger Republic.
The Nigerian President, and chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Bola Tinubu has convened another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority on the political situation in the Republic of Niger.
Mali and Burkina Faso will send a joint delegation to Niamey, the capital of Niger, on Monday in a show of solidarity amidst a coup crisis, the Malian army said.
A former Chairman of the Progressives Congress (APC) in South Africa, Mr. Bola Babarinde, has urged President Bola Tinubu to pursue peace and avoid going to war with the Niger military junta.
The Niger Republic on Monday is awaiting a response from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after coup leaders ignored a deadline to reinstate the ousted president a move the bloc warned could lead to military intervention.
The military junta in Niger Republic, on Sunday, indefinitely closed its airspace, citing the threat of military intervention from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), after the coup leaders refused to the the bloc’s deadline to reinstate the country’s ousted president Mohamed Bazoum.
The Kaduna state chapter of the Nigeria Network of Peace Journalists (NNPJ), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu and Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, not to deploy force in Niger Republic.