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ECOWAS suffers depletion, as Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, withdraw membership

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By Linus Aleke, Abuja

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), suffers depletion as military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced their immediate withdrawal from the Community.

This is as the ECOWAS Commission, in a statement on Sunday, said that it is yet to receive any direct formal notification
from the three Member States about their intention to withdraw from the
Community.

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The leaders of the three Sahel nations on Sunday, in a statement said, “it was a sovereign decision to leave the ECOWAS without delay”.

Responding to the development, ECOWAS said: “The attention of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) has been drawn to a statement broadcast on the National Televisions of Mali and Niger announcing the decision of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to withdraw from ECOWAS. The ECOWAS Commission is yet to receive any direct formal notification from the three Member States about their intention to withdraw from the Community.

The ECOWAS Commission, as directed by the Authority of Heads of State and Government, has been working assiduously with these countries for the
restoration of constitutional order”.

The Commission, added that Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali remain important members of the Community and the Authority remains committed to finding a negotiated solution to the political impasse.

“The ECOWAS Commission remains seized with the development and shall
make further pronouncements as the situation evolves,” the statement concluded.

Meanwhile, AFP earlier reported that struggling with jihadist violence and poverty, the regimes have had tense ties with ECOWAS since coups took place in Niger last July, Burkina Faso in 2022 and Mali in 2020. All three were suspended from ECOWAS, with Niger and Mali facing heavy sanctions

They have hardened their positions in recent months and joined forces in an “Alliance of Sahel States”.

A French military withdrawal from the Sahel — the region along the Sahara desert across Africa — has heightened concerns over the conflicts spreading southward to the Gulf of Guinea states Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Ivory Coast.

The prime minister appointed by Niger’s military regime on Thursday blasted ECOWAS for “bad faith” after the bloc largely shunned a planned meeting in Niamey.

Niger had hoped for an opportunity to talk through differences with fellow states of ECOWAS, which has cold-shouldered Niamey, imposing heavy economic and financial sanctions following the military coup that overthrew elected president Mohamed Bazoum.

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