Ecowas ponders intervention force in Guinea

Conakry, 15 Dec-(ANA)-West African bloc Ecowas has proposed sending an "intervention force" to Guinea, whose military leader was shot and wounded earlier this month.

Ecowas official Abdel Fatau Musah said the unrest in Guinea threatened to destabilise the whole region.

But junta spokesman Col Moussa Keita called the idea an "assault on the authority of the state".

Junta leader Capt Moussa Dadis Camara is still in hospital after the botched assassination attempt on 3 December.

Mr Musah told the BBC's Network Africa programme that Ecowas and its partners "will not stand by while the situation in Guinea continues to deteriorate and threatens the very stability of neighbouring countries". (ANA)

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