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West African leaders admit security woes mounting in region

When West African States Military chiefs met in Accra, Ghana, on August 17, 2023. [AFP]

Leaders from the West African bloc ECOWAS on Sunday admitted during talks in the Nigerian capital that the region was in trouble, facing mounting unrest and political instability.

"Our region is at the crossroads," said Sierra Leone's Julius Maada Bio as he took over the rotating chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from Nigeria's Bola Tinubu.

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