Most ECOWAS members ready to join standby force in Niger: Commissioner | News

ECOWAS commissioner says all member states will join the force except those under military rule and Cape Verde.

West African bloc ECOWAS says most of its member states are ready to participate in a standby force that could intervene in Niger following a coup there late last month.

All member states except those under military rule and Cape Verde are ready to participate in the standby force, ECOWAS commissioner Abdel-Fatau Musah said on Thursday.

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