West African armies halted an operation in Gambia aimed at installing the country's new president, Adama Barrow, on Thursday so regional leaders could make one last attempt to convince longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh to step aside.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed the formal reinstatement of President Michel Kafando and of the transitional institutions in Burkina Faso a week after a military takeover in the West African country, calling on "all national stakeholders to exercise restraint."
West African leaders will meet in Nigeria on Monday to discuss security among other issues at the 46th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) authority of heads of state and government slated for the Nigerian capital Abuja, a statement said here on Sunday.
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