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Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.
West Africa Bloc Announces Formal Exit of Three Junta-Led States
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) flag is pictured during an extraordinary summit of ECOWAS in Accra, Ghana March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo LAGOS (Reuters) - The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali,
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The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday, the culmination of a yearlong process during which the group tried to avert its unprecedented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.
After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds.
Military governments lead West African trio out of ECOWAS regional bloc
ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger. The teen years are no joke. Many parents of 15-year-old kids are constantly hearing from their teens how their friends get to do so much more than they are allowed to do and how they are being treated like babies.
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