NIGER COUP: Is ECOWAS a Toothless Bulldog Over Niger?

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In today’s video, we are asking the question: IS ECOWAS A TOOTHLESS BULLDOG OVER NIGER?

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The stance of West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS in the military takeover in Niger is clear: “We will stand with our people in our commitment to the rule of law,” its chairman, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, said at the body’s meeting this week.

The 15-nation bloc summoned its defense chiefs to discuss its threat to “take all measures necessary (that) may include the use of force” if ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum is not reinstated within one week.

ECOWAS is resolved to use military force after economic and travel sanctions used against the coup plotters failed, according to a Western diplomat in Niamey who did not want to be identified for security reasons.

How the bloc would carry out its mission remains unclear given its lack of coordination in providing security regionally.

According to some political pundits, “There’s not enough actual trust among ECOWAS members, and that lack of trust is what will break any type of coordinated response,”.

But here’s what we can tell so far on how such a military option could play out: