West African regional leaders continued meeting for a second day Friday to decide the make-up of a military force with the potential to intervene in coup-hit Niger. The country's junta has ignored an Ecowas deadline to step down, leaving the region with few options in its effort to restore democratic rule.
The purpose of the high-stakes talks – which come amid deep divisions over the best way forward – is to work through logistical and strategic issues while shoring up comitments from individual countries.
