The African Union announced on Tuesday, August 22, that it would suspend Niger from its institutions after the coup led by General Abdourahamane Tiani. However, the organization has a reserved position on a possible West African military intervention, according to a press release from its Peace and Security Council. The Council "takes note of the ECOWAS decision to deploy a force" in Niger and requests the African Union Commission to "undertake an assessment of the economic, social, and security implications" of such a deployment.
After the overthrow by the military of President Mohamed Bazoum, elected in 2021, ECOWAS announced on August 10 its intention to deploy a West African force "to restore constitutional order in Niger". On Friday, after a meeting of West African chiefs of staff in the Ghanaian capital Accra, the commissioner for political affairs, peace, and security of the regional organization, Abdel-Fatau Musah, indicated that "the day of the intervention" was fixed, as were "the strategic objectives, the necessary equipment, and the commitment of the Member States". "If an attack were to be undertaken against us, it will not be the walk in the park that some people believe in," Niger's new strongman, General Abdourahamane Tiani, replied on Saturday.
==> So maybe they want to make a commando operation? That's what I see.