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

Leader of Niger’s rebels says any ECOWAS intervention to be considered as occupation The head of the Nigerien military rebels’ National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, has warned that any interference in his country by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will be considered as occupation. “We will regard any interference by ECOWAS countries as occupation,” the Al Arabiya TV channel quoted him as saying. “We will do whatever is necessary and respond to any attack against us. We have the support of the people and of many neighboring countries,” Tchiani continued. “The…