LEGIT NG
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has vowed to hold Russia responsible should the private military contractor, Wagner Group violates human rights following the recent coup in Niger Republic.
The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, stated this while during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, on Friday, August 11.
Musah said the Wagner are in Mali because they have an arrangement with the Malian government and the Russian Federation.
The ECOWAS commissioner said:
“We want to take them by their word, which means any sort of action that infringes on human rights or devastation in our region by these private military contractors, we are going to hold the other countries of our region responsible for that.”
“That’s Russia — (we will hold them) responsible, diplomatically. The West African region is just not Russia.”
Musah added that private military companies have been involved in civil wars in Africa over the year but they are not acceptable anymore in the continent,
“What we are seeing is that these groups are not acceptable in Africa, even though they are there and we are going to hold their countries of origin responsible for any violations.”
