A no-flight zone has been imposed on Niger Republic by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The action is in response to the military coup in the region.
This development was made public on Sunday by ECOWAS, at an urgent meeting following the increasing tension stirred by the military actors who are attempting to take over in Niger.
This significant move, which includes air and land border closure, is seen as a crucial reaction to the recent ascendancy of the junta, which has stirred significant unrest in the country and poses a threat to political stability within the region.
The ECOWAS leadership hopes that the imposition of a no-flight zone will help curb the junta’s influence and hinder any potential allies from providing aerial support, even as leaders of the coup fear that the regional body could stage an imminent military intervention in the capital of the Sahel country.
Also agreed upon by the ECOWAS leaders is the immediate financial sanctions over the coup, and has allowed the junta a week to cede power, while noting that a use of force has not been ruled out.
The ECOWAS leaders also declared that President Mohamed Bazoum remains recognized as president of the Niger Republic just as it called on member states and the international community to uphold and respect these decisions, to help restore peace and stability in the republic.
In his speech at the emergency meeting, the president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who presided over the meeting as Chairman of the ECOWAS denounced the coup by military leaders in the Niger Republic, saying Africa has come of age.
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