In Ecuador, President Guillermo Lasso declared a 60-day state of emergency and the mobilization of the Armed Forces (AF) throughout the national territory, following the murder of Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio// The Argentinean army will deploy more than 85 thousand troops to guard the voting centers and polling stations during the upcoming primary elections// Ecowas have approved the deployment of a "standby force to restore constitutional order" in Niger. teleSUR