2024-01-28 14:44:29
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have decided to withdraw without delay from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as of this Sunday, January 28, 2024.
A joint press release was broadcast to this effect by the public channels of the three countries of the Alliance of Sahel States. These three (3) juntas indicated that after 49 years of existence, ECOWAS is today “under the influence of foreign powers.”
“Burkina, Mali and Niger note with great regret, bitterness and great disappointment that their Organization has moved away from the ideals of its founding fathers and Pan-Africanism. Furthermore, ECOWAS, under the influence of foreign powers, betraying its founding principles, has become a threat to its member states and its populations whose happiness it is supposed to ensure.”
These states denounce a lack of assistance against “terrorism and worse insecurity”.
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