Niger’s Junta Okays Intervention of Mali, Burkina Faso’s Armed Forces if Attacked By ECOWAS

Niger Republic’s junta leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani has signed two orders authorising the defense and security forces of Burkina Faso and Mali to intervene on Nigerien territory in the event of an attack by the standby forces of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

This was disclosed on Thursday after a meeting of the three allies’ foreign ministers who met in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, to discuss “boosting cooperation on security and other joint issues.”

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