West African leaders gathered in Ghana on Friday to discuss the situation in "recalcitrant" states Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali, which have all had military takeovers in the last 18 months, regional bloc chairman Nana Akufo-Addo said.
The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which met in Accra, has already condemned all the coups and been trying to push the military juntas to hand back power to civilians.
No handover date has been agreed in Guinea - or in Mali where the officers who first seized power in 2020 have suggested they could keep ruling until at least 2025.
