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ECOWAS Speaks On The Exit Of Niger, Mali And Burkina Faso From The Community

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has responded to news of the exit of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the community. Although ECOWAS says it is yet to receive any direct formal notification from the three Member States about their intention to withdraw from the Community, the …

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Burkina Faso, Niger And Mali Announces Withdrawal From ECOWAS With Immediate Effect

Three West African countries, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Sunday, January 28, 2024, announced their decision to break away from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect. These countries are currently led by militaries that seized power from civilian leaders. “After 49 years, the valiant …

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Coup Plotters Forming Alliance To Defend Themselves Against ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has observed the rise of an alliance of coup plotters preparing to defend themselves against the sub-regional body. According to Commissioner of Political Affairs and Security, Abdul-Fatau Musah, the military government in Burkina Faso is in preparation to deploy troops to Niger …

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Parliament Don’t Support Coups, We Will Be Jobless If That Happens – North Tongu MP

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu,  Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says Parliament opposed the proposed military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore democracy in Niger. He said that democracy must be at the forefront in Niger’s coup because the West African States have committed …

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Niger Coup: What Ghana’s Defence Minister Told ECOWAS Defence Chiefs At Accra Meeting

(This is a transcription of Ghana’s Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul’s address at the opening of the Extraordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff on the Niger situation.) On behalf of the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, President Nana …

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It Is An Obligation As ECOWAS Countries – Ken Agyapong Supports Sending Of Soldiers To Niger

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong,

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who is also the Chairman of the Defence and Interior Committee of the House, has backed the sending of Ghanaian troops to Niger in case the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) activates military invasion. The West African …

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Russia Cautions ECOWAS Not To Take Military Action Over Niger Coup.

Russia has warned that military intervention in Niger would lead to a “protracted confrontation” after regional bloc Ecowas said it would assemble a standby force. Such an intervention would destabilise the Sahel region as a whole, the Russian foreign ministry said. Russia does not formally back the coup. But the …

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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu Elected ECOWAS Chairman

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of Nigeria has been elected as the chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority held on July 9 2023, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. President Tinubu takes over from Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of Guinea-Bissau. …

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ECOWAS Strongly Condemns The New Coup In Burkina Faso (Statement)

The West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has condemned the September 30, 2022 coup that took place in Burkina Faso, where a new military junta overthrew another. What started out as an exchange of heavy gunfire on Friday morning was confirmed late in the evening …

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Umaro Embaló Elected As New ECOWAS Chair

The president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, was elected chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 61st ECOWAS Summit in Accra on Sunday (3 July 2022). He takes over the mantle of leadership from Ghana’s president, …

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