The facts are as follows: Sudan, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guniea have all been plagued by coups de tat and military governments over the past three years. They have effectively drawn an iron curtain and uninterrupted chain of unelected and unconscionable military juntas right across the centre of our continent, dividing North Africa from the rest of Africa. They said, “we are ready to storm Niger Republic.”This is despite the counsel of the African Union and powerful North African countries like Algeria not to do so. Quite apart from that, has this ECOWAS “force” already been formed or will they divide the operation into sectors, with each country taking a sector? Femi Fani-Kayode is a former federal minister and erstwhile Director of Special Media Projects, Special Media Operations and New Media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 20, 2023 03:53 UTC