2023-08-06 23:16:22
The military junta in Niger announced this Sunday that it will once more close the airspace of the African country as of local midnight (UTC) coinciding with the expiration of the ultimatum that the Economic Community of West African State (Cedeao) gave to the military in the power to restore constitutional order, under the threat of military intervention.
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According to a statement read by Major Colonel Amadou Abdaramane on public television tonight, the coup junta warns that any violation of this measure will have an “energetic” and “instantaneous” response.
“Given the threat of intervention that is required through the preparation from a neighboring country, the airspace of Niger is closed from today, August 2, for all aircraft until further notice, any attempt to violate the airspace will have an energetic and instant response. “, according to the note read by Abdaramane.
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In this regard, the Board affirmed that the Community of West African States (Cedeao) completed “the planning of the war” once morest the African country and stressed that two Central African countries began with a pre-deployment of their troops.
Abdramane said that the Junta warned that it “is closely following the preparations for this war by delegation,” while in another statement, the CNSP launched “a vibrant appeal” to the youth to prepare to “defend the homeland.”
He also accused “a foreign power” of preparing “an aggression” once morest his country in coordination with ECOWAS. Abdramane said that he has “consistent information” regarding the preparations of “the forces of a foreign power” for an aggression once morest the country and ” once morest its people” in coordination with ECOWAS and with “terrorist armed groups.”
The board did not cite or elaborate on the foreign power it refers to.
ECOWAS, which decreed commercial and financial sanctions once morest Niger, gave the coup leaders an ultimatum that expires at midnight this Sunday to return the deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, to power under the threat of military intervention.
France, a former colonial power and which has a strong military presence in Niger, said yesterday that it “firmly and determinedly supports” ECOWAS efforts “to make the military coup in Niger fail.”
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