On July 26, 2023, Loyalists to Abdourahamane Tchiani performed a coup d’état on the Federal Government of Niger and deposed the former president, Mohamed Bazoum, instating a military junta. Four days later on July 30, the Economic Community of West African States’ ultimatum demanded the military junta to, “Restore democracy,” by reinstating Bazoum or face military action; Tchiani chose the latter. The conflict lasted until December 22, 2023, and solidified Niger’s new government which received support from other military juntas in the region, namely Mali and Burkina Faso, even forming the Alliance of Sahel States, a mutual defense pact. Directly on ECOWAS’ border and with opposing ideologies, the ASS threatens its future as a stable faction in West Africa. With all three member states of the ASS undergoing coups and establishing military juntas, they are staunchly anti-western and anti-neocolonialist. On the other hand, ECOWAS maintains good relations with the West even letting nations such as France possess bases in the region. Niger’s coup essentially formed a pro and anti-western bloc in West Africa. The ASS believes Franec’s policies and influence on their former colonies are undemocratic and only serve to the detriment of the native populations, going as far as expelling French troops and banning French bases
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2023 News Review: Nigerien Crisis
Amanial Ftwi, Global News Editor
February 15, 2024
Geopolitical Turmoil. Map depicting all of the belligerents of the 2023 Nigerien Crisis. (Creative Commons License)
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Amanial Ftwi, Global News Editor
Amanial Ftwi is a junior a Sierra Vista High School . This is his second year of journalism with a guest reporter feature published his freshman year. Amanial enjoys writing stories about geopolitics and opinionated pieces. Amanial is from Tigray and lives with his parents, younger sister, and grandmother.