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Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso declare support for Coup in Niger while soldiers detain politicians.
Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso declare support for Coup in Niger while soldiers detain politicians.
“Any military intervention against Niger would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali,” they warned, adding that such a move could result in “disastrous consequences” that “could destabilize the entire region”. NewsReport Nigeria gathered.
In a dangerous turn of events, military-ruled Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea have declared their support for the coup in Niger.
Burkina Faso and Mali warned in a joint statement on Monday that any military intervention against Niamey would be considered a declaration of war against their nations.
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Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso declare support for Coup in Niger while soldiers detain politicians.
“Any military intervention against Niger would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali,” they warned, adding that such a move could result in “disastrous consequences” that “could destabilize the entire region”.
The warning was read out on their national broadcasters a day after ECOWAS threatened to use force to reinstate Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum should the coup plotters not comply after seven days.
“The transitional governments of Burkina Faso and Mali express their fraternal solidarity… to the people of Niger, who have decided with full responsibility to take their destiny in hand and assume the fullness of their sovereignty before history,” Aljazeera quoted the two countries as saying.
They described sanctions imposed on Niger as “illegal, illegitimate, and inhumane against the people and authorities of Niger; hence, we will not apply them.”
In Guinea, a post made on the social networking platform X said: “The National Committee of the Rally for Development (CNRD) firmly expressed its support for the people of this friendly country (Niger), emphasising the importance of the values of Pan-Africanism dear to the Head of State, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya.”
