Let’s begin with this development between two neighboring states in the sub-region whose relations are fast deteriorating.
Niger and Benin’s decades of bilateral and economic failing ties are tumbling following the military coup in Niamey that deposed President Mohammed Bazoum.
The latter has been accused of hosting troops from ECOWAS member states and allies for a possible intervention to constitutional rule in the Sahelian nation.
Apprehensive, the coup leaders have deployed hundreds of Nigerien soldiers along the nation’s frontiers with Benin to prevent any invasion.