ECOWAS Agrees To Establish Regional Force

The leaders of the member states of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) have agreed to establish a regional security force, reports the Al-Mayadeen Media Network (Beirut).

ECOWAS leaders met on Sunday in Nigeria and agreed to “establish a regional force that will intervene in the event of need, whether this is in the area of security, terrorism and restore constitutional order in member countries," said Omar Alieu Touray, the president of the ECOWAS commission....