ECOWAS advances plans for regional counter-terror force

ECOWAS advances plans for regional counter-terror force
ECOWAS advances plans for regional counter-terror force

Amid surging jihadist violence, ECOWAS is accelerating plans for a regional counter-terrorism force, with troop pledges underway and funding talks set for June, Moroccan media report. Over 150 people have been killed in recent attacks in Nigeria and Benin. Coordination has faltered since Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—now part of the Alliance of Sahel States—left ECOWAS, weakening joint security efforts across the region.

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