After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...
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 ...
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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 ...