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

ECOWAS may send mission to Niger for talks with rebels on August 19 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) may send a mission to Niger for talks with rebels, Abdel-Fatau Musah, the West African bloc’s commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, said following a meeting of ECOWAS military chiefs in Ghana. “Possibly, tomorrow, an ECOWAS mission will travel to Niger to continue following a peaceful path to restoring constitutional order [in that country],” Agence France-Presse quoted him as saying. “We are ready to resolve the issue peacefully but it takes two to tango,” he added. The situation…