The West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Monday called on Mali's military junta, which seized power last month, to appoint a civilian to head a transition government by September 15. "The president of the transition and the prime minister of the transition must be appointed no later than September 15, 2020," ECOWAS Commission chief Jean-Claude Kassi Brou said in the final statement from the bloc's summit in Niger's capital Niamey. bh-pgf/sst/dl/ach