Pushing for military intervention in Niger is likely to lead to an African Civil War since Burkina Faso and Mali are ready to oppose ECOWAS intervention.
They have Russian-Wagner backing.
Algeria is not enthusiastic either and the broader African community wants negotiations on this matter not warfare.
The Chinese have already cut deals with Guinea, a West African coastal nation, to purchase the latter country's bauxite and iron ore. Pushing Nigeria and ECOWAS too hard will result in expanding Chinese and Russian influence beyond the three largely desert countries of Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali into the more populous and prosperous countries like Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Ghana. In 2030, we may asking, who lost West Africa?