What's ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group?
A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...
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ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously announced withdrawal, which ...
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Burkina Faso Coup
The United States announced on Friday that it would suspend a $160 million aid package to Burkina Faso after an internal review concluded that the military’s overthrow of President Roch..
Lithium, uranium, gold: How Sahel states ditched Western mining interests
Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw ...
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Burkina Faso junta has not paid off country’s debt, doesn’t control resources
Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...
Powerful Ghanaian Prophet Sends Message to Burkina Faso President
Prophet Clement Testimony, a well-known Ghanaian pastor, has delivered a powerful message to the President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré.
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso officially quit ECOWAS
In response, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their exit last January and accused ECOWAS of failing to safeguard member states and of aligning too closely with foreign powers.
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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3 coup-hit West African nations formally leave ECOWAS in an unprecedented disintegration
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Burkina Faso’s president resigns
Burkina Faso’s president resigned Monday, hours after a military junta seized power in a coup. In his handwritten letter addressed to the new junta administration, Roch Marc Christian Kabore ...
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It’s ECOWAS of people, not coup plotters
Issues related to coup d’etats in the three exiting West African countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic were what I had made observations about online in the past few months.
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ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously announced withdrawal ...