1st Ld-Writethru: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger formally exit ECOWAS
The memberships of the three West African countries of Burkina Faso Mali and Niger have been formally withdrawn from the 15-member Economic Communit ...
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ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...
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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger formally exit ECOWAS
The memberships of the three West African countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have been formally withdrawn from the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), one year after ...
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Jan 29 exit: ECOWAS seeks last-ditch meeting with Niger, Mali, B’Faso
The envoy noted, “First ... the coup’s success. In Burkina Faso, a coup d’état took place on 30 September 2022, resulting in the removal of Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
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ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn ... the region with an ECOWAS passport. ECOWAS president Omar Alieu Touray told reporters in Nigeria ...
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Could East African Community part ways again as West African bloc has just done?
If the collapse of EAC, and now ECOWAS, teaches us anything, it is that the greatest risk ...
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France's Macron ‘insulting all Africans,' says Burkina Faso president
French President Emmanuel Macron is “insulting all Africans," Burkina Faso President Capt ... The West African nation was among the first African nations to expel French forces.
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Russia cheered on and ECOWAS cheered against as AES celebrates its first year
The Alliance of the Sahel States (AES), comprising Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali, marks a year of leaving the Economic ...
Ghana president taps retired army officer as envoy to junta-led Sahel states
Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signaling his administration's intention to ...
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Ghana: Mahama puts seasoned veteran in post to liaise with Sahel states
Ghana President John Mahama has put Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey as the head of his team to improve relations with the junta-led countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.