Military chiefs from West Africa's main regional bloc - ECOWAS - have agreed an undisclosed "D-Day" for a possible direct armed intervention to restore democracy in Niger if diplomatic efforts fail. This is the conclusion of the two-day military meeting which ended in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, yesterday. No specific date has been given for the intervention and a diplomatic solution has not been excluded as ECOWAS is expected to send another political team to Niger today. Military officers removed Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum three weeks ago and have defied calls from the United Nations, ECOWAS and other groups to reinstate him. For more on these developments we spoke to Advocate Sipho Mantula, from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs.