West Africa defence chiefs meet over rising insecurity

West Africa defence chiefs meet over rising insecurity

Energy Daily

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Accra (AFP) May 5, 2022

Defence chiefs from West Africa's ECOWAS bloc began a two-day meeting Thursday aimed at boosting military cooperation in a region that has suffered hundreds of attacks this year alone. Among the 15 members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc are Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger - deeply impoverished nations struggling with jihadist insurgencies. Coastal states Gh

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