Niger Junta’s 3-Year Transition Plan Is A ‘Provocation,’-ECOWAS Commissioner
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The West African bloc ECOWAS rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a three-year transition to democratic rule, with a commissioner describing the slow timeline as a provocation. The door for diplomacy with Niger’s junta remained open but the bloc is not going to engage in drawn-out talks that lead nowhere,…