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orig date 2023-08-22 01:45:24
ECOWAS defence chiefs agree ‘D-day’ for Niger military intervention
"“We are ready to go any time the order is given,” ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security Abdel-Fatau Musah said during the closing ceremony of a two-day meeting of West African army chiefs in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
“The D-day is also decided. We’ve already agreed and fine-tuned what will be required for the intervention,” he said, emphasising that ECOWAS was still seeking to engage peacefully with Niger’s military leaders.
“As we speak, we are still readying [a] mediation mission into the country, so we have not shut any door.”"
"“We are not going to engage in endless dialogue. It must be fruitful,” the commissioner added."