A West African leaders’ summit opens on July 7 amid political turmoil after the military rulers of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso cemented a breakaway union at a rival meeting. The three countries announced they were forming a new confederation, and their defiant first gathering on the eve of the Economic Community of West African...

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