ECOWAS

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso Quit ECOWAS West African Bloc

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ABUJA, Nigeria — Monthslong tension between three coup-hit countries in West Africa and the regional bloc known as ECOWAS boiled over when the nations announced their immediate withdrawal from the bloc and accused it of a lack of support and “inhumane” coup-related sanctions. In their joint statement on Sunday, the juntas of Niger, Mali and … Read more

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso break away from ECOWAS

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DAKAR, Senegal — Three nations in Africa’s Sahel region announced Sunday that they were leaving the area’s most important political and economic bloc, deepening a rift between those countries’ military juntas and other states in West Africa. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso issued a joint statement accusing the Economic Community of West African States, or … Read more