Burkina Faso coup: ECOWAS leaders plan Feb. 3 summit in Accra - Report

An in-person summit of West African leaders is scheduled for coming Thursday, February 3, 2022, according to the BBC.

The summit will take place in Accra given that the current chairperson of ECOWAS is Ghana president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The meeting will be taking place a week after an extraordinary virtual summit of leaders suspended Burkina Faso following

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At the January 28, 2022 virtual meeting, one of their main resolutions was for a ministerial-level mission to be dispatched to Burkina Faso.

That mission and a UN delegation are expected today, January 31, in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou.

Heads of State will receive the report of the mission and give further directions of their report.

The UN delegation is led by the head of the UN's office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat Saleh Annadif.

They are expected to meet the Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba-led junta and other stakeholders for talks.