West African Militaries meets to finalize Niger intervention

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West African army chiefs met 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.

What is ECOWAS:

Also known as CEDEAO (in French), ECOWAS is the regional group established in 1975 through the Lagos Treaty – with a mandate of promoting economic integration among its members.
ECOWAS’ larger aims are to have a single common currency and create a single, large trading bloc in areas of industry, transport, telecommunications, energy, financial issues, and social and cultural matters.
The vision of ECOWAS is the creation of a “borderless region” that is well-integrated and governed in accordance with the principles of democracy, rule of law and good governance.
The new vision of ECOWAS is to move from an ECOWAS of States to an “ECOWAS of the People: Peace and Prosperity to All” by 2050.

More about Niger:

Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked sub-Saharan country in western Africa.
It is bounded on the northwest by Algeria, on the northeast by Libya, on the east by Chad, on the south by Nigeria and Benin, and on the west by Burkina Faso and Mali.
The country takes its name from the Niger River, which flows through the southwestern part of its territory.
The Capital of Niger is Niamey
The official language of Niger is French, due to its colonial history.
The other main national languages are Arabic, Djerma-Sonhraï, Gourmantchéma, Hausa, Kanouri, Fulfuldé, Tamacheq and Toubou.