ECOWAS Puts Possible Military Intervention On Hold
January 03 2011
The chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the organization will make no decision before Monday about forcibly removing Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo from power, This Day (Lagos) reports.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan made his comments last week, saying the group would wait until an ECOWAS fact-finding mission returns.
The heads of state from Cape Verde, Sierra Leone and Benin went to Ivory Coast to attempt a peaceful...
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