Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave ECOWAS bloc with immediate effect • FRANCE 24 English

They’re three West African countries under military rule and in a joint statement the Jas of Mali Bina Faso and ner announced their immediate withdrawal from the regional block Echo accusing the body of failing to support them eoos under foreign influence betrayed its founding principles and became a threat to its member states and

Their populations the organization notably failed to assist these states in their existential fight against terrorism and insecurity when these states decided to take their Destiny into their own hands echos allegedly adopted an irrational and unacceptable stance by imposing sanctions that were illegal illegitimate inhumane and irresponsible irresponsible it’s the latest in a swaye

Of events intensifying political tensions in West Africa since 2020 the three neighbors have experienced a string of military coups severed ties with former colonial rule of France and formed a Mutual Security Alliance as well as turning to Russia Ria for support Echo via sanctions negotiations and threats of military intervention has

Been urging the military L governments to return to civilian Rule and the block responded that it hadn’t been notified of the Trio’s decision to quit Burkina Faso ner and Mali remain important members of the community and the authority remains committed to finding a negotiated solution to the political

Impass Echo ask his protocol to leave the block according to its treaty takes up to one year to process leaving question marks around the next steps

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced Sunday they would be leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) “without delay”, citing the injustice of sanctions ECOWAS levied on each country following takeovers by military juntas.
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20 comments

  10. What were they gaining from been a part of Ecowas? Chains, shackles, poverty and getting milked like cash cows. and constant coup? hmm idont know .

  13. France can officially take their position as an open member of ECOWAS and not by proxy. The youths in Africa fully support this move because ECOWAS has been infiltrated so much by France and these nations have just achieved their freedom from post colonial domination

  15. Shame on Nigeria for not putting it own interests first and utilizing its position in West Africa for a more united block and single currency. We would have benefited the most from a more unified and closer economic cooperation as Nigeria is very big and populated with a much larger economy.

    We would have used the Chinese economic approach with the US currency benefits. But alas Nigeria chose the direction of a puppet State for increasing Western gains, even as the West is increasingly becoming weaker and thereby likely to become more dependent on Africa.

    This is what you get for being an adamant lap dog to a people Africa has never benefited anything significant from apart bribes in form of what they call "aid". Shame shame shame on Nigeria for crumbling the half a century block which was ones the model for others.

  19. when a bloc wanted to interfere into another country affair is not right. The Bloc need to help the people and talk. not sanction the people and talk of attacks. The Bloc lost the moral authorities in trying to do good which turn out to be negative instead. The three nations had the right to move on instead of waiting for the Bloc to decide their fates. All countries must decide their own fate and not by others either by a country or a Bloc. If the Bloc decided not to do anything for the next 100 years, do the 3 countries had to wait ?

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