The overthrown Prime Minister of Niger wants negotiations to end the revolution

While some West African countries are preparing to enter Niger militarily to 'restore' constitutional rule, the Prime Minister of the country who was overthrown along with the government of President Mohamed Bazoum of the country has called for negotiations to end the conflict. Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou made the call in an interview with the Reuters news agency in Paris, France and added that he hopes diplomacy will be used to resolve the leadership crisis in his country, before the end of the one-week deadline given by the Economic Community of African States. West (ECOWAS) for the soldiers who made the revolution. Mahamadou, who was in Rome during the military coup at the end of last month, said, "We still have hope. We expect President Bazoum to be released and restored to power, and all the broken institutions will be fully revived."

This is in a situation where the military leaders of West Africa have agreed to a plan to intervene militarily in Niger when the time they gave to the soldiers who made the coup ends. Military leaders Niger ECOWAS Commissioner, Abdel-Fatau Musah has been quoted by regional and international media as saying in Abuja Nigeria that: "Finally all the things related to any kind of intervention have been worked out; including the resources needed as well as how and when will we send the force (to Niger)." Last Sunday, ECOWAS gave the soldiers who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum one week to return the leader to power or accept the use of force against them. The soldiers carried out the military coup on the 26th of last July. The overthrown Prime Minister of Niger has said that he has been communicating with President Bazoum, adding that the safety of the overthrown leader is in the hands of the ECOWAS community.