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AU opposes countries outside Africa getting involved, but gives more nuanced position on any Ecowas military action

The AU said on Tuesday that it had noted ECOWAS’s plan of action regarding Niger and would ‘evaluate its repercussions’.

West African leaders expected to meet on Thursday to discuss response to generals who have deposed Niger’s president.

Here is a roundup of the key events since a military coup took place in Niger on Wednesday, July 26.

The African Union has asked the junta that overthrew the democratically elected government of Niger to return to barracks within 15 days just as the soldiers, facing growing international pressure, met with senior civil servants to discuss how to run the West African country

Much has been written about the decision by certain African countries to send out a peace mission to Ukraine in May. Reporters, however, failed at the time to pick up on one notable point: that the initiative was not taken within the framework of the African Union (AU). This is…

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