BAMAKO (AFP) - West African heads of state will meet in Abuja on Sunday to adopt a plan for their troops to recapture northern Mali from radical Islamists, the grouping said in a statement on Thursday. Once approved by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders, the strategy “will then be transmitted through the African Union, before November 15, to the UN Security Council.” The Security Council on October 12 approved a resolution urging ECOWAS to speed up preparations for a military intervention to help recapture northern Mali. It gave ECOWAS until November 26 to clarify its plans.