Friday, December 27, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) defended Nigeria, which is accused by neighboring Niger of hosting foreign troops and plotting to destabilize it. Nigeria, for its part, denied it outright.
In an interview broadcast Wednesday, December 25, the military leader of Nigerthe general Abdourahamane Tianiparticularly attacked ECOWAS, asserting that the France had established a base in the north of Nigeriafrom which it would arm terrorist groups to create unrest on the other side of the border.
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In a separate statement published Thursday, December 26, the Nigerian Minister of Information insists: his country has no alliance “ with France or any other country » to destabilize Niger. The same day, Nigeria’s army chief, General Christopher Musa, strongly denied these assertions during a lunch with soldiers based in the Sokoto region, which shares a border with Niger.
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