West Africa: ECOWAS Brainstorms On Deployment in Mali

7 December 2012
The NEWS (Monrovia)

Foreign Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have reaffirmed their commitment to the immediate deployment of an African-led International Support Mission (AFISMA) in Northern war-torn Mali, Liberia's Foreign Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafua disclosed.

The affirmation by ECOWAS heads of state, endorsed by the African Union (AU) followed a series of consultations with all international partners during its 69th Ordinary Session held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from November 30 to December 2, 2012.

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