The European Union is ready to adopt a framework of autonomous sanctions against the perpetrators of the military coup of 26 July in Niger, and is also ready to examine and implement whatever ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) decides, confirmed the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, on Thursday 31 August in Toledo.
The foreign ministers of the EU Member States discussed the situation in the Sahel and in Niger in particular, as did the...