The ECOWAS's Reasons for Taking a Hard Line Against This Coup

I think for Tanubu, it's partially personal, partially political. He was himself kind of jump-started his career as a democracy activist in exile. The other coastal West African states, likewise, these are countries that have their own histories of coups. And so there's a fear that if that jihadist expansion puts more pressure on the security sector, you know, the security sectors in those countries might turn against their civilian heads of state. So I think that Ekoos has its own strong reasons, different reasons for wanting to do this. It's a question of what if anything is going to get both sides, both the Hunta and Ekoos off the brink of a