Why Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s new plan to tackle extremist violence is likely to fail
The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...
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Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s ECOWAS exit may worsen Nigeria insecurity
The recent withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has raised ...
Human Rights Watch10d
Sahel States’ Withdrawal from ECOWAS Undermines Accountability
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having ...
SFGate9d
What's ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group?
Relations between ECOWAS and the coup-hit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso began to deteriorate after the bloc imposed stringent ...
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The Black Sheep in ECOWAS
Given its achievements as a foremost Regional Economic Community in Africa, the authoritarian tendencies and disregard for ...
Biometric Companies11d
ECOWAS to continue accepting old passports, ID cards from citizens of three Sahel states after exit
This is despite the official exit of these three countries from ECOWAS on January 29, to focus on their own bloc known as the ...
TheCable6d
Gowon ‘optimistic’ about ECOWAS future despite exit of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger
Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says he is ...
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ECOWAS: Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso Exit Bad For Counterterrorism War – CSOs
He therefore urged ECOWAS and the leadership of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to pursue continued dialogue in the spirit of regional integration, peace, security, good governance and inclusive ...
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Burkina Faso issues first AES passport amid regional changes
In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré made history as the first person to receive the newly introduced AES passport, just ...
Newsday9d
What's ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group?
Relations between ECOWAS and the coup-hit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso began to deteriorate after the bloc imposed stringent sanctions on Niger to pressure its military to reverse the coup it had ...
The Independent9d
What's ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group?
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