West Africa bloc announces formal exit of three junta-led states
The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the bloc following their withdrawal last year.
ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.
Three military-run states leave West African bloc - what will change?
Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger is a huge blow to Ecowas, which at 50 years old is considered Africa's most important regional group.
3 coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration
The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday, the culmination of a yearlong process during which the group tried to avert its unprecedented disintegration.
Exit of junta-led states bad for ECOWAS integration – Antwi-Danso
Danso, security and international relations expert, says the exit of three junta-led states from the West Africa bloc would undermine the integration of the region. The former Dean and Director of Academic Affairs of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College said the formal exit of Niger,
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