Sen. Shehu Sani, a former Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, has urged ECOWAS leaders to allow Nigeriens to fight for democratic rule in their country like Nigerians did. Sani, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He added that the coup d’etat in...
November 8, 2024
Tag: ECOWAS
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Implications of ECOWAS military invasion of Niger for Nigeria – Sen. Sani
Sen. Shehu Sani, a former Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, says military incursion into Niger Republic by an ECOWAS standby force will be synonymous with a declaration of war by Nigeria. Sani expressed this thought in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. NAN reports that the Economic Community...
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Niger: UN chief reiterates support for ECOWAS’ ongoing mediation efforts
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underlined his support for ongoing mediation efforts by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) in the wake of the July 26 coup in Niger. UN Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq said this while answering questions from journalists on the ECOWAS deadline at a news conference on...
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Frankryk steun Ecowas om staatsgreep in Niger te stuit – Kosmos 94.1
Frankryk steun Ecowas om staatsgreep in Niger te stuit Frankryk sê hy steun pogings deur lede van die Wes-Afrikaanse blok, Ecowas, om die staatsgreep in Niger te stuit. Die nuwe militêre junta het tot vanaand om terug te staan en grondwetlike orde te herstel of moontlike militêre ingryping in die gesig te staar. Die voormalige...
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Ecowas sê militêre aksie is laaste opsie – Kosmos 94.1
Niger: Ecowas sê militêre aksie is laaste opsie Wes-Afrika se streeksblok het sê ‘n militêre ingryping in Niger wat deur die junta beheer word, is “die laaste uitweg”. Dit kom na Nigerië elektrisiteitstoevoer afgesny het om druk op die land se staatsgreepleiers te verskerp. Terwyl die voormalige koloniale mag Frankryk ‘n vyfde vliegtuig ingestuur het...
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Ecowas vergader vandag oor Niger-staatsgreep – Kosmos 94.1
Ecowas vergader vandag oor Niger-staatsgreep Die leiers van die Ekonomiese Gemeenskap van Wes-Afrikaanse State, Ecowas, vergader vandag in Nigerië se hoofstad, Abuja, om die situasie in Niger te bespreek. Die Niger iese President Bola Tinubu is die gasheer. Daar is kommer oor onstabiliteit in die gebied na die staatsgreep die week.Die Verenigde Nasies het intussen...
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Address on Status of Regional Integration in ECOWAS- President Tinubu
Address on Status of Regional Integration in ECOWAS- President Tinubu • Your Excellency President Azali Assoumani, Chairperson of the African Union; • Your Excellency William Ruto, President and Head of State of the Republic of Kenya; • Your Excellency Musa Faki Chairperson of the African Union Commission; • Excellencies Heads of State and Government; •...
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ECOWAS in solidarity with Nigeria, says Guinea-Bissau President
The Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS) says it is in support of President Bola Tinubu’s efforts aimed at repositioning the giant of Africa. President of Guinea- Buissau and Chairman Authority ECOWAS Head of State and Government, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, said this during a private visit to Tinubu on Saturday in Lagos. He said...