A security expert, Timothy Avele, said the decision to engage the military junta would have an impact on Nigeria’s finances, adding that seven states bordering Niger could be destabilised.

Source: https://punchng.com/niger-crisis-ecowas-troops-on-standby-junta-threatens-to-kill-bazoum/

But the balance of the extremes could not hold either, after it was destabilised by the EU referendum vote.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/belfast-joe-biden-good-friday-agreement-b2316483.html

The junta came to power after two military coups last year, triggered in part by worsening insurgency by armed groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that has destabilised Burkina Faso and its neighbours in West Africa’s Sahel region.

Source: https://advocatengr.com/2023/09/28/breaking-aborted-coup-in-burkina-faso/