West African nations have suspended a key military meeting on the crisis in Niger, earlier scheduled for Saturday. The meeting was suspended a day after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it would deploy a standby force in their bid to reinstate the country’s deposed leader, the AFP reports. Fears also mounted for elected president Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted by members of his guard on 26 July.
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The meeting was suspended a day after the Economic Community of West African States said it would deploy a standby force in their bid to reinstate the country’s deposed leader, the AFP reports. The meeting of chiefs of staff from the regional bloc countries was scheduled to hold on Saturday in Ghana’s capital Accra. The sources said the meeting was originally set up to inform the organisation’s leaders about “the best options” for activating and deploying the standby force.
Also, the bloc ordered the “deployment of the ECOWAS stand-by force to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger”. ECOWAS lamented that efforts made to have peaceful dialogue with the military junta in Niger were rebuffed. Earlier, Tinubu said, “We prioritise diplomatic negotiations and dialogue as the bedrock of our approach."
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