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West Africa’s economic bloc, ECOWAS, appointed Senegalese president Basirou Faye to intercede with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger who said they left the grouping and formed a new confederation. Faye was asked at the ECOWAS’ 65th ordinary session to work together with Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe to mediate and try to convince the three military […]
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced the creation of a confederation that will bring the three nations under one institutional umbrella, in a decision that signals a no-return to the West African regional bloc, the ECOWAS. The leaders of the three countries announced the confederation decision at a summit in Niamey, accusing ECOWAS of taking […]
Senegal’s newly elected president Bassirou Faye said he will seek the re-integration of military ruled Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso to the Western African community ECOWAS. The three states have jointly announced their withdrawal from the ECOWAS, in protest over sanctions it imposed on them to pressure for a return to constitutional order. “We can […]