"Finally!
» Near the Seyni Kountché stadium, Mouhamadou does not hide his satisfaction at seeing Niger leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
“
They tried to starve us with their sanctions, they wanted to invade us with their military intervention
(ECOWAS threatened military intervention last August to restore the fallen regime),” insists the young man, who hangs around among the merchants of second-hand shoes who, every day, set up their stalls on the side of the road heading north.
“
From now on, Niger can count on other friends.
We have AES
(the Alliance of Sahel States, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, created in September 2023),
we have Russia, we have China, Iran
,” he lists.
Despite the international sanctions which followed the coup d'état of July 26, Niger is not diplomatically isolated.
Six months after the army took power, the country can count on the support of several…
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