West Africa: Defense Chiefs to Meet Over Guinea Bissau Security

West African defense chiefs will meet in Guinea Bissau on Tuesday to discuss bolstering security in the region in general, and in Guinea Bissau in particular, according to a high ranking official. The group already has 700 security officials in the country.

Abdel-Fatau Musah, external relations director of the Economic Community of West African States, says during the three-day summit the defense chiefs will also discuss security cooperation between ECOWAS and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Heads of state from the two regions recently agreed to combat transnational maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

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