After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...
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What's ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group?
After leaving ECOWAS, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso created their own alliance known as the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES .
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Could East African Community part ways again as West African bloc has just done?
If the collapse of EAC, and now ECOWAS, teaches us anything, it is that the greatest risk to regional blocs is men in uniform ...
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West Africa: Sahel States Exit Ecowas, Launch Regional Passport and Joint Military
The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, and defensive cooperation.
Analysts consider ramifications of ECOWAS members’ exit
Junta-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso officially quit West African bloc after more than a year of diplomatic tensions ...
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Why Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s new plan to tackle extremist violence is likely to fail
“The Alliance of Sahel States is our passport to security ... relations between the AES states and some of their west African neighbours have come under further strain.
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Ecowas leaves ‘doors open’ as exit of Junta-led nations takes effect
The military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have posed a major challenge to the bloc’s unity, refusing to heed its call for a transition to civilian rule.
African leaders push for ceasefire in stricken Congo
The government has previously refused to negotiate. But with rebels seizing another major town, a deal is the only way to ...