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Blinken says US backs ECOWAS efforts on Niger

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voices support for efforts of the West African bloc ECOWAS on Niger without explicitly backing its call at a summit for military intervention. "ECOWAS, an organization that brings together West African countries, is playing a key role in making clear the imperative of a return to constitutional order, and we very much support ECOWAS' leadership and work on this," he says. SOUNDBITE

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