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West Africa: Military Coups in West Africa Threaten Democratic Gains - Tinubu
Premium Times, 23 April 2025
The president, who was represented by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, reaffirmed Nigeria's unwavering commitment to democratic principles. Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Meets in Ghana Over Exit of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso
Premium Times, 22 April 2025
PREMIUM TIMES reports that the three junta-led countries made their official exit from ECOWAS earlier in the year. Read more »
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Ecowas, 23 April 2025
The Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the contingency plan and modalities on the withdrawal of Burkina… Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Embarks On 2nd Mediation Mission
New Republic, 25 March 2025
ECOWAS is making another attempt to break the deadlock in Liberia's legislative crisis. A high-level delegation is set to arrive in Monrovia on Sunday, hoping to end the impasse… Read more »
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Mali: Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Withdraw From International Organization of La Francophonie
People's Dispatch, 24 March 2025
Ostensibly meant to foster greater cooperation between Francophone countries, the three countries allege that the OIF has become "a remote-controlled political instrument" operated… Read more »
'Military Coups Threatening Democratic Gains In West Africa'
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has warned that the growing number of unconstitutional changes in West Africa is endangering the region's democratic progress and overall stability. In a statement delivered on his behalf by a senior Nigerian official at the launch of ECOWAS Golden Jubilee ceremony in Ghana, President Tinubu said democracy and good governance are "fundamental principles that bind us".
Westt African heads of state are meeting in Accra to deliberate on the decision by three of its members to leave the bloc in January. An ECOWAS statement said the leaders will discuss the "modalities of the countries' withdrawal and its implications for ECOWAS agencies".
The bloc has maintained existing ECOWAS protocols - including its free trade policy and visa-free policies with the three Sahel nations. During the meeting, the statement said, Ecowas would "set up a structure to facilitate discussions on these modalities".
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The military leaders of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have reaffirmed their decision to withdraw from the West Africa regional bloc, ECOWAS. despite the body's offer of a six-month transitional period during its recent summit in Abuja. The three countries had made known their plan to leave the bloc in January 2024 following military takeovers
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The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), West Africa's regional bloc, has approved an exit timeline for Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger after a nearly year-long process of mediation. The regional bloc, however, gave the three countries six months to reconsider their departure from the group.
The three countries intend
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While outlining his administration's priorities at a press conference, Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was named by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to mediate its dispute with three Sahel countries, promised to be a neutral peace broker. He said he is "not associated" with the sanctions that ECOWAS imposed on Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, which led the countries to withdraw from the regional body.
The president is attending his first
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