In a video posted on Monday by a counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, military personnel from Niger Republic were seen deployed along the border with Benin, a neighboring country.
Despite the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) resolution to restore democracy and constitutional order in Niger, ECOWAS has not yet initiated any military intervention, as diplomatic attempts have failed.
The deployment of troops to the Benin border suggests Niger’s preparations for a potential ECOWAS intervention.