Burkina Approves Law for Sending Troops to Post-Coup Niger.
Burkina Faso’s transitional legislature approved a law authorizing the transfer of troops to neighboring Niger, which faces threatened military intervention to re-establsh civilian governance following a coup.
The new law allows Burkina to dispatch a military force to Niger for a three-month period that is renewable.
According to Defense Minister Kassoum Coulibaly, “It creates a legislative basis for the deployment, which would have the dual purpose of fighting terrorism and providing “military assistance to the Republic of Niger in the event of aggression or destabilization by an external army.”
On July 26, rebel officers overthrew Mohamed Bazoum, the democratically elected president of Niger.
They received prompt assistance from juntas in the neighboring countries of Burkina Faso and Mali, whose presidents had also been ousted after failing to quell a jihadist insurgency.
However, the West African bloc ECOWAS has warned that it could intervene militarily in Niger if diplomatic efforts to restore Bazoum to power are unsuccessful. In response, Mali and Burkina Faso declared that any action would constitute a “declaration of war” on their own countries.
A mutual defense pact was signed on Saturday by the military leaders of the three nations, and General Abdourahamane Tiani, the new dictator of Niger, has issued a decree authorizing Mali and Burkina forces to intervene “in the event of external armed aggression or destabilization.”
According to Coulibaly, the new Burkina Faso law allows it to establish “support points” in Niger to fight “terrorist groups that frequently seek refuge there after committing attacks on our territory.”
A region where the borders of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali meet has recently been devastated by jihadism.
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