06 Aug 2023

“I think this has the potential to be disastrous. The only positive thing we can say about this coup so far is that there has been no violence. And I think we should preserve the peace in Niger for the sake of the people, and an intervention force led by Nigeria creates a very likelihood that perhaps uncontrollable violence will break out and that does not strike me as a positive outcome for anyone.”

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Cameron Hudson

   Analyst

Senior associate in the Centre for Strategic and International Studies’s Africa Program

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Coup in Niger

ECOWAS - Niger relations

The coup in Niger and the possible intervention of the ECOWAS forces