West African militaries meet to finalise possible Niger intervention. ECOWAS Committee's meeting in Accra
Reuters: West African militaries meet to finalise possible Niger intervention
ACCRA/NIAMEY (Reuters) - West African army chiefs were due to hold a second and final day of talks on Friday in Ghana's capital Accra, where they have been hashing out the details of a possible military intervention in Niger if diplomacy fails to reverse a military coup.
Military officers deposed Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 and have defied calls from the United Nations, the West African bloc ECOWAS and others to reinstate him, prompting regional powers to order a standby force to be assembled.
During their two-day meeting, which ends with a closing ceremony from around 1600 GMT, defence chiefs have been discussing logistics and other aspects of a possible deployment, according to the official schedule.
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Update: West African bloc prepared for military intervention after Niger coup (The Guardian).
WNU Editor: The media campaign to justify a military intervention is starting .... A leading politician says victory for Niger’s coup leaders would be ‘the end of democracy’ in Africa (AP).
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