THE African Union – AU, is holding a meeting on Monday to address the crisis in Niger over the July 26 military coup in that country.
“AU’s Peace & Security Council meets to receive an update on the evolution of the situation in Niger and the efforts to address it,” AU said in a post on X.
According to the pan-African body, the meeting was taking place at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.
In attendance are: AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat as well as representatives from Niger and the West African bloc ECOWAS.
Faki had expressed concern at the reported poor conditions of Bazoum’s detention, describing his treatment at the hands of the coup plotters as “unacceptable.”