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Ecowas to send troops to Guinea-Bissau

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A soldier in Bissau on March 10, 2009. Ecowas says it will send a stabilisation force to Guinea-Bissau following a failed coup attempt in the country. PHOTO | AFP

By  Arnaldo Vieira

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Nation Media Group

The Economic Community for the Development of West African States (Ecowas) will send stabilisation force to Guinea-Bissau following the Monday ‘failed coup attempt’, the bloc has announced.

The decision was made Thursday during an extraordinary session held in Accra, Ghana.

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