W.African leaders push for more offensive action at ECOWAS summit The President of Niger and ECOWAS calls for a more offensive mandate at the extraordinary "counter-terrorism" summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), held on Saturday in Ouagadougou. One billion dollars over 4 years is the flagship decision taken at the summit, for which the project and budget will be presented in December at the next ECOWAS summit in Abuja. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou during the summit