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West Africa, ECOWAS

ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso leave West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS

The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, are officially leaving the regional economic bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday, after 50 years.The withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States,

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West Africa bloc announces formal exit of three junta-led states

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the bloc following their withdrawal last year.

Colonial-era wigs were never part of Burkina Faso’s courtroom attire

Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online ...

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Forty-five people arrested in Africa in anti-terrorism and drugs stings, says Interpol

Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and ...

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West Africa’s new geopolitical reality

We get an update on an overnight collision between a commercial airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter above Washington before ...

The Independent8d

West Africa's junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes

Niger and its neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso have battled for over ... the juntas in the three countries left the Economic Community of West African States, the nearly 50-year-old regional ...

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After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused the bloc of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations ...

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