The bloc has expressed its concern for the health of President Mohamed Bazoum and called for his release. The AU also said it backed the West African ECOWAS group.
Ednews informs via DW that the African Union (AU) has called for the immediate release of President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger who was ousted in a coup at the end of July.
"The president of the Commission [of the African Union] calls for the immediate release of President Bazoum," Commission President Moussa Faki Mahamat said in a statement published on Friday.
He also called on the "international community to concretely pool their efforts to save the life and moral and physical integrity of President Mohamed Bazoum."