Algeria has rejected the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) intention to intervene militarily in Niger Republic to restore democratic governance.
Visitodell recalls that ECOWAS defense chiefs agreed on a possible military involvement in Niger if diplomatic efforts fail.
Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, outlined the probable “D-Day” following a two-day session in Ghana.
The emphasis was mostly on logistics and methods for possible force in Niger, with military action being the last resort.
ECOWAS troops announced their willingness to join a standby force aimed at restoring democracy in Niger during a conference in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
However, in a statement issued on Sunday, Algeria indicated that a military intervention would be unsuitable for the region and Africa as a whole.
The North African country retained its ardent optimism in the possibility of a negotiated political solution.
According to Algeria, history demonstrates that military interventions cause more issues than they solve, and that they are contributing factors to disputes and heartache.
The statement reads: “At a time when military intervention in Niger is becoming clearer, Algeria deeply regrets that the use of violence has taken the lead on the path of a negotiated political solution peacefully restoring constitutional and democratic order in this brother and neighbouring country.
“Algeria remains, in fact, with a strong conviction that this negotiated political solution is still possible, that all the paths that can lead to it have not been taken, and that all these possibilities have not been exhausted.
“The history of our region abundantly teaches that military interventions have carried a lot of problems than solutions and that they have been additional factors of clashes and heartbreaks rather than sources of stability and security.
“Before the irreparable is committed, and before the region is caught in the spiral of violence whose incalculable consequences, no one can predict, Algeria calls on all parties to restraint, wisdom, and reason that all command to resolutely restore the highest priority to the negotiated political option to the current constitutional crisis, thus saving Niger and the entire region from the days heavy with threats and dangers, in particular Region.”
