The chairman of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) commission, Omar Touray, announced in a statement that ECOWAS has ordered the "immediate activation of the West African community's standby forces" and the "deployment" of these forces.to restore constitutional order in NigerThey have not specified in which territory or border they would deploy them, but these "standby forces" refer to a military force of the group of African countries that has about 2,500 soldiers from the different member states.

“From now on, the Sahel’s resources should benefit Sahelians and partners who understand the paradigm shift in today’s diplomacy,” says Azise Sodore, head of the geography department at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The Sahel is the semi-desert belt between the Sahara Desert to the north and the Sudanese region to the south, stretching 5,000 kilometers between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. “The Sahel’s natural resources have made it the target of geopolitical and geostrategic plans,” Sodore says, noting the greed of those who want to exploit them.