A nation must think before it acts.
VENUE:Online
September 12, 2023 | 10:00 am | Africa Program
The military takeover in Niger, toppling the democratically elected government, poses serious policy problems for the African Union (AU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the West, in particular the United States and France who have military forces in Niger conducting counter-terrorism operations. ECOWAS, supported by France, is holding out the possibility of military action against the junta, while the US is reluctant to call what happened a coup, calling it instead an ‘attempted coup.’
While these organizations flounder in their search for an appropriate response, Russia, represented by the now leaderless Wagner Group, is standing in the wings in an as yet to be determined role, and the Sahel teeters on the brink of total chaos.
Michael Walsh, Paul Nantulya, and Bob Wekesa join FPRI Africa Program chair Charles Ray in a discussion on the broader short and long term implications of the situation in Niger.
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