7, August 2023
ECOWAS playing a ‘dangerous game’ as Niger deadline passes 0
The expiration of the deadline set by ECOWAS for Niger’s junta to return power to the country’s ousted president has clarified the intentions of the country’s new military leadership.
Instead of entering negotiations for a power transfer, the junta aren’t talking to anyone, they are just staying there and bracing for whatever’s going to happen.
France 24‘s Niger expert says ECOWAS are now playing a “dangerous game”. The organisation, which threatened military intervention if its terms were not met, has given no further details of how it plans respond to the expired deadline.
“It’s all about credibility,” he said. “The question is, what do you put on the table to force a junta to step down?”
Elsewhere, President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast recently met with his chief of staff. He was very clear with president Alassane that Ivorian soldiers will not be able intervene in NIGER
Source: France 24 and Cameroon Concord News
7, August 2023
Southern Cameroons Crisis: Yaoundé claims Ambazonian general killed in Bafut 0
Yaoundé officials claim six Southern Cameroons Restoration fighters, including General Tiger were killed by Cameroon government forces in Bafut on Sunday August 6, 2023.
Cameroon Intelligence Report understands General Tiger reportedly left the Bafut 7 Kata and joined the pro French Cameroun Atanga Nji Boys in April of 2022 and was a chartered member of the kidnapping and torture gang in the North West region.
Commenting on the current state of the Southern Cameroons uprising, the Vice President of the Ambazonia Interim Government Dabney Yerima said the war “could take years.”
By Ewang Miriam Metchane