Following the expiration of the ECOWAS deadline for Niger’s junta to cede power, increased sanctions are likely says Dr. Alex Vines, head of the Africa programme at London-based think tank Chatham House. In one of the world’s poorest countries, such sanctions could take a heavy toll, warns Dr. Wines. “Some of the sanctions look to me not targeted, but very blunt and I do worry about some of the humanitarian consequences,” Vines said.
ECOWAS sanctions on Niger could have worrying ‘humanitarian consequences’ • FRANCE 24 English
