Military Junta in Niger has released a statement claiming that ECOWAS has completed its preparations for an Invasion of Niger with at least 2 Members of the Organization
ECOWAS' deadline for the new Nigerien govt to peacefully step down lest they use military action has passed. "A Senior Military Commander with the ECOWAS-Standby Force has told the Wall Street Journal that it’s Forces need more time to prepare before any kind of Military Intervention in Niger, with the “Success” of the Operation being dependent on these preparations"
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs updates travel advisory to Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso (the three nations declared to defend the new Nigerien govt against military intervention) the highest level of caution
ECOWAS either announced or is apparently going announce that they are pushing their deadline back to next week to match the African Union deadline.
I saw those rumors floating around too yea. The only reasons I can think of for this is that they're using this time to do more preparations for the war as well as try and pull other AU nations in as well
Waiting for the AU to potentially join is going to look less like NATO puppetting this whole thing than if Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire go in.