Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso introduced Sunday they might be leaving the Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS) “directly”, citing the injustice of sanctions ECOWAS levied on every nation following takeovers by navy juntas.
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The navy regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger introduced Sunday their speedy withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS.
The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a press release saying it was a “sovereign resolution” to go away the Financial Group of West African States “directly”.
Battling jihadist violence and poverty, the regimes have had tense ties with ECOWAS since coups occurred in Niger final July, Burkina Faso in 2022 and Mali in 2020.
All three have been suspended from ECOWAS with Niger and Mali dealing with heavy sanctions.
They’ve hardened their positions in latest months and joined forces in an “Alliance of Sahel States”.
A French navy withdrawal from the Sahel — the area alongside the Sahara desert throughout Africa — has heightened issues over the conflicts spreading southward to Gulf of Guinea states Ghana, Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast.
The prime minister appointed by Niger’s navy regime on Thursday blasted ECOWAS for “unhealthy religion” after the bloc largely shunned a deliberate assembly in Niamey.
Niger had hoped for a chance to speak by variations with fellow states of ECOWAS which has has cold-shouldered Niamey, imposing heavy financial and monetary sanctions following the navy coup that overthrew elected president Mohamed Bazoum.
(AFP)
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