[UPDATE-Aug 21-22:00Z] ECOWAS Army Chiefs Gather in Ghana to Discuss Launching Intervention in Niger

Niger rebels’ position closes door to settlement talks, says ECOWAS The position taken by the rebels in Niger closes the door to settlement talks, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Sunday. “The statement by Niger’s military council closes the door to talks,” the Al Arabiya television channel quoted the community. On Saturday evening, head of Niger’s National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) General Abdourahmane Tchiani slammed the ECOWAS sanctions as “illegal, inhumane, and geared to divide Niger and its people.” He stressed that any ECOWAS interference will be considered as occupations and warned…