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ECOWAS LAUDS NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES FOR REGIONAL PEACE

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Nigerian ECOMIL troops arrive to a tumultous welcome in Monrovia, signposting the return of peace Joy unspeakable for war-weary Liberians: the Eagles have landed ECOWAS(press release) 10 JANUARY 2013 Abuja, Nigeria The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadré … Continue reading →

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ECOWAS AND U.S SOLDIERS BEGIN JOINT TRAINING IN SENEGAL

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

US AFRICOM Commander, General Carter F. Ham DAKAR July 10 (Xinhua) About 1,000 soldiers from Senegal, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Guinea have began a joint military training with the U.S. soldiers in Thies district, about 80 km from Dakar, local … Continue reading →

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WEST AFRICAN MILITARY CHIEFS MEET; TO STABILIZE AND CONSOLIDATE TRANSITIONAL GOVT..ASSIST MALIAN ARMY IN THE RECONQUEST OF THE NORTH

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

Chairman, ECOWAS Defence Chiefs Gen Soumahila Bakayoko(r) with Air Chief Marshal Petinrin of Nigeria ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) 16 June, 2012 West African military leaders met in Ivory Coast on Saturday to define the mission of a regional security force … Continue reading →

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WEST AFRICAN FORCES COMPLETE GUINEA BISSAU DEPLOYMENT

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

A Nigerian UN peacekeeper on assignment in Liberia AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE BISSAU The last batches of a 600-strong west African military force charged with restoring stability in Guinea-Bissau after an April coup arrived on Sunday in the unstable west African … Continue reading →

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NIGERIA TO SEND 142 POLICEMEN TO GUINEA BISSAU, 160 SOLDIERS TOO – IGP

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Men of the Police Mobile Force advance in an Otokar Cobra APC PAN AFRICAN NEWS AGENCY 28 May, 2012 Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria will send 142 policemen to Guinea-Bissau as part of the ECOWAS mission, ECOMIB, being deployed to that country … Continue reading →

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NIGERIA TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO GUINEA BISSAU

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Nigerian UN peacekeeper May 14, 2012 ABUJA Nigeria, west Africa’s regional powerhouse, will deploy troops to Guinea-Bissau this week, Defence Minister Bello Haliru Mohammed said on Monday at a meeting of ECOWAS defence chiefs. “I will like to announce to … Continue reading →

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MALI SOLDIERS THREATEN TO FORCE OUT COUP MEDIATORS

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Malian troops train with US Forces as part of the AFRICOM Trans-Sahelian Counterterrorism Initiative MARTIN VOGL Associated Press Saturday, April 28,2012 BAMAKO, Mali Soldiers disrupted a meeting between West African mediators and Mali’s junta on Saturday because they said they … Continue reading →

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MALI JUNTA REJECTS WEST AFRICAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

A mutinous Malian Army soldier atop a BTR 60 APC near the Presidential Palace at Bamako DAKAR (Reuters) 27 April,2012 Mali’s junta said on Friday it would resist any deployment of West African soldiers in the country and treat foreign … Continue reading →

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OUSTED GUINEA BISSAU PRESIDENT, PREMIER RELEASED AFTER ECOWAS VOWS TO SEND TROOPS

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Nigerian troops on pre-deployment training at Jaji ABIDJAN, April 27 (Xinhua) Guinea-Bissau’s military junta on Friday released the West African country’s ex-premier and interim president it arrested in the April 12 coup. The two politicians arrived here(in Ivory Coast) after … Continue reading →

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ECOWAS TO SEND TROOPS TO COUP-HIT GUINEA BISSAU

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Nigerian ECOMOG troops arrive Lungi Airport, Sierra Leone, aboard a NAF C130 Hercules May,1997 * 600-strong force to be deployed in days- ECOWAS source * Military junta has rejected foreign intervention * ECOWAS heads of state to meet in Ivory … Continue reading →

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