Led by Nigeria, the bloc should revise these measures to narrowly target the generals responsible for disrupting democracy.
- Nnamdi Obasi
- ICG
In July, a group of military officers overthrew Niger’s government, sending shock waves through coup-plagued West Africa.
Within days, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced a raft of sanctions on Niger, the strictest the bloc has ever imposed on an errant member state. Members of the fifteen-nation bloc (excluding the…