A representative of West Africa’s regional bloc said on Thursday, March 17, 2022, it will keep working with Burkina Faso despite concerns about the military junta’s plan to hold power.
There is gunfire, rumours of a military takeover spread. There is no sign of the president. The citizens turn on the television and collectively switch to the state channel. New.
West Africa’s regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said it will deploy troops to Guinea-Bissau to help stabilise the country following a failed coup.
Southern African Development Community (SADC) have pledged to continue fighting insurgents in Mozambique. SADC sent troops to Mozambique in 2021 after the Islamist radicals began terrorizing northern Cabo Delgado province.
When General Abdel Fattah Burhan seized power for the military in Sudan it gave rise to concerns that democracy in Africa is in retreat.
Chad has decided to recall half of its 1,200 troops battling Islamist militants in the tri-border area of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, a spokesperson for the Chadian authorities said.
Goïta said he has been appointed transitional vice president. “The swearing-in ceremony will take place on Friday, Sept. 25,” he said.
