ECOWAS: ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE FOR THE RESTORATION OF……
By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban
The Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Economic Community of West African States has commenced the activation of the ECOWAS Standby Force for the restoration of constitutional order in the Republic of Niger.
A statement by the ECOWAS commission in Abuja says, the action is a follow-up to the directive of the Authority of Heads of State and Government at its Extraordinary Summit on the political situation in the Republic of Niger held on 10th August 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria,
To this end, the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff will be having an extraordinary meeting in Accra, Ghana from 17th to 18th August 2023 to finalise plans for the deployment of the Standby Force.
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